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Answer» i have a compaq presario v6000 laptop with built-in network card. for a couple weeks it was hit or miss if it would work and now wont at all. the light stays orange as if its in the off position. the switch appears to be ok and the card is making a good connection. the drivers also disappear whenever its not working. any help will be appreciated Quote the card is making a good connection.How do you know this? Quote the drivers also disappear whenever its not working.Is this in Device Manager? What Operating System? It is possible that the driver disappears because it isn't connected.well it appears to be making good connection, and yes the drivers disappear from device manager, the operating system is vista i think its a pretty early release of it. when the problem first arose sometimes a nice jarring of the laptop would make it workHow about trying to reinstall the drivers? You think maybe System Restore would help?unfortunatly i didnt set up a restore point, and its more like the card isnt getting power than just the drivers missing. is there any way to check if its getting any power to it? also since it would sometimes work if i BEAT my laptop is it possible maybe the on/off switch is FAILED?It's possible. Isn't there an LED on your computer showing you the status of your WIRELESS Card? Can you reinstall the Driver?the LED indicates that the switch is in the off position, or at least is staying orange instead of turning blue when turned on. i have taken the case off enough to get a visual on the switch and everything appears ok to my eye. i also have looked at the card itself and everything appears to be normal. the contacts are clean. there are two wires that go to the network card but i am not aware on how to TAKE apart the section of the laptop that i can follow the wires to. i'm also not sure if these are some kind of power wires or antenea wires. one is grey and one is black. So it turns blue when turned on? Do you remember doing anything before this?the laptop actually hadnt been MOVED between it working fine and then working every so often, then i flew home, with my laptop as a carryon, and it got a little worse then stopped working completely a few days later. the LED does turn blue when the card works but wont turn blue in the ON position if the card is NOT working, i'm kind of leaning towards the switch but i am not sure, is there any way to test this? a voltimeter perhaps? i appreciate your help and comments so farI'm not so sure. If you have one, you could try but I wouldn't want you to accidentally short out the card. It could be the card is fault (at least that's what it sounds like). I don't suppose you have access to another card?no i dont have access, however i was told today at work one of my sgts is a computer wiz so i am going to bring it to him and have him check it out, i appreciate the input and if i have any more questions i know where to ask thanks againwhen the wireless card isn't being used the laptop will probably power it off. But that doesn't explain the dissapearing drivers scenario... Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 01, 2008, 06:47:36 PM when the wireless card isn't being used the laptop will probably power it off. But that doesn't explain the dissapearing drivers scenario...its not only a disappearing act for the drivers, because when i go to turn the wireless on, it doesnt seem to power up, and on the off chance that a good smack does make the card turn on, the drivers return like nothing was wrong |
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