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    WWAN not detected on Windows 8 (Sony Vaio z21c5e upgraded from Windows 7)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rayhano, Jun 4, 2014.

  1. rayhano

    rayhano Newbie

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    Hi,

    Essentially, I'm tearing my hair out.

    Vaio Smart Connect won't install. Windows 8 won't detect the Gobi module.

    I have inserted the sim card and searched every forum for some hint. This seems to be the most comprehensive community, but it is hard to search the threads.

    Can anyone lend their experience of getting Windows 8 to detect WWAN?

    Thanks,

    Rayhan
     
    rayhano, Jun 4, 2014
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  2. temagic

    temagic Notebook Consultant

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    If you had you wwan turned off in win 7, then no go... basically you need to restore to factory default (win 7) enable wwan (and wifi and bt) there, then install win8. At least this is the case with my vaio z3.
     
    temagic, Jun 26, 2014
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