wireless wont work

[strikes]

no didnt work

[Seth]

I found the manual for your computer, unfortunately it's a generic one that doesn't say anything about your wireless.

 

What concerns me now, is that icon that appears with an X when you try to turn on your wireless. Do you remember seeing it before? Do you know what program it is? Try right clicking on it instead of double clicking it.

 

Do you know if there are normally other networks in range?

 

The manual mentions what the fn keys activate, but you have to refer to InfoCentre for your particular computer. It should be on the desktop or on a cd that came with the computer. Run diagnostics (page 37):

 

ftp://ftp3.packardbell.com/pub/itemnr/6907170201/6907170201.pdf

[strikes]

the icon is the little monetor (tv) that is normally there for any network connection i think.

 

when i right click the icon it says 4 things "change windows firewall settings" "open network connections" "repair" "view available wireless networks"

[Seth]

Try the last one. If it doesn't work, try this:

 

http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=7036000000&ppn=PB17D01101

[strikes]

nope, still shit

[strikes]

ok ill rephrase that, its not working

[Seth]

Well I'm out of ideas.

 

At this point, I would buy a separate wireless card like this:

 

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=2698&msg=706706

[hardware_dave]

What are you trying to connect to, your own router ?

 

Have you tried connecting using another pc with wifi (in other words are you sure the wifi is working on the router?)

 

Have you tried connecting to another wireless network, at a friends, mcdonalds etc ?

 

Dave

[strikes]

i have tried connecting to other computers but it wont even turn my wireless on so i cant connect to anything,

[Seth]

i have tried connecting to other computers but it wont even turn my wireless on so i cant connect to anything' date='[/quote']

I think your best option at this point Strikes is to purchase a wireless card as I indicated in a previous post.

[strikes]

ok seth, i was just replying to the comment before more then anything, cheers for all the help

[Seth]

You're very welcome.

 

I think you'll find that for all the time and effort involved, then a new wireless card is in order.

 

Please keep up posted with your progress.

[hardware_dave]

I am sorry seth, but I dont see the point in buying a new wifi card at this point. Out of all the computers I have worked on I have never seen a internal wifi card fail.

 

Strikes -

 

If you would like to try a few more things -

 

Go into device manager and get the make of the wireless card. Double check that it has no error marks next to it.

 

Right click on the task bar > properties > untick hide inactive icons (if it is ticked)

 

Hover your pointer over each icon (by the clock) and read the popup. Post back a description of any that are related to networking.

 

Is the router you are trying to connect to yours ?

 

Can anyone else connect to it ?

 

Some laptops can take a long time to turn the wireless on/off. Turn it on and go get a cup of tea and see if its come on when you get back. At this point we dont care if it connects, we just want the led to come on. Leave it on mains while doing this, some laptops have funny ideas about power managment.

 

 

 

Hardware_dave

 

PS I do networking for a living.