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Acer Aspire 7730 wifi problem

  • 25-08-2012 11:26am
    #1
    kerdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Hi i have an Acer Aspire 7730 and my wifi isnt working for about 6 months, i changed the wifi card twice and it still doesnt work so i use a wifi dongle but its not as fast i have 25 mg broad band but get less than 1 mg when i do a speed check ( i get about 19 when i connect directly to the laptop.... any help would be appreciated


Comments

  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    You didn't knock off the WLAN switch?

    (I believe, this model has a physical switch)


  • #3
    kerdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭kerdiff


    there is a WLAN switch is on the side of the laptop and used to light up when i pressed it but no longer does... it doesnt even pick up my wireless network or any network.


  • #4
    kerdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭kerdiff


    kerdiff wrote: »
    there is a WLAN switch is on the side of the laptop and used to light up when i pressed it but no longer does... it doesnt even pick up my wireless network or any network.

    Can anyone help me


  • #5
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Is there also a software switch (Fn + Fxx key combo)? Check the function keys for a WiFi icon. Not usual to have both but not unheard of.


  • #6
    kerdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭kerdiff


    no nothing happened whats the chance it could be the internal antenna


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  • #7
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    It's a long shot but check if you have the latest wifi drivers.
    www.intel.com/p/en_US/support/detect/


  • #8
    pm1977x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,213 ✭✭✭pm1977x


    Try going into Control Panel/device manager/network adapters and try and check it's working or troubleshoot problems or disable it and reboot.

    I had a problem with an old Dell and doing the above would sometimes fix it - it eventually developed another problem and I never got around it until I bought a cheap (12 euro) wifi usb dongle in Argos and it's back working grand now

    edit: I see you already have a dongle, apologies for speed-reading!


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