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Answer» I had to repair windows on my netbook because it was running incredibly slow, so i did a system restore, and now my integrated wireless card isnt working.
Background info: The netbook is running windows XP, sp3, CPU: N270 1.60GHZ 0.99GB RAM
Problem(s): under NETWORK CONNECTIONS, all that shows up is the local area connection (Qualcomm Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller). This WORKS when i use an ethernet cable directly from my router. My particular netbook (HP Mini 110 series) has a switch on the front that is supposed disable the wifi card; when it is ON, it lights up blue; OFF, orange. The light only stays blue (i cant seem to disable the card) now, yet nowhere on my computer can i find anything about the card. This netbook does NOT have a cd rom drive, and only has 3 usb ports (ie this computer never came with INSTALLATION discs and i was an idiot and never backed anything up).
Ive tried updating the drivers but windows update hasnt found anything, and im not sure EXACTLY where/how to find the specific make/MODEL of the wireless card itself as it is integrated. I guess if worse comes to worse i could open the netbook up physically, but id rather avoid that if possible. Could someone GIVE me a hand?
thanksDLoad and re-install the Netbook chipset drivers and re-boot... Then from the same site (manuf.) DLoad and re-install the WLAN driver... Again re-boot. You may have to re setup your wireless connection if it isn't shown...how might i go about finding the proper chipset drivers? just a google search?Travel to the Manuf. site...enter your Model # ...and the Win version.
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