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Need a workaround for chromebook w/ broken wifi card

Danny2580 · 2015-03-19 19:27:43

Hi all, Have a chromebook, wifi seems to be stuck on "disabled", which seems to be a relatively common issue. Have tried everything including repair shop, no joy. 3g still works (plugging phone in and tethering) but isn't practical. Does anyone know a wifi adapter or dongle that will work with a chromebook? Or another…

19-03-2015 7:27pm

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Danny2580

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Hi all,

Have a chromebook, wifi seems to be stuck on "disabled", which seems to be a relatively common issue. Have tried everything including repair shop, no joy. 3g still works (plugging phone in and tethering) but isn't practical. Does anyone know a wifi adapter or dongle that will work with a chromebook? Or another solution?

Thanks in advance :-)

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#2 19-03-2015 7:31pm

RossieMan

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if you've a free usb port you could simply get a usb wifi adapter. You'll get a decent one for around €20 these days from any where.

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#3 19-03-2015 10:45pm

Danny2580

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Not sure if that will work with a chrome (non windows) operating system?

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#4 23-03-2015 1:16am

hfallada

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Where did you buy it? Amazon have accepted and replaced my two faulty HP chromebooks no issue

Maybe return it to the retailer. If its a product fault, look for a replacement

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#5 24-03-2015 3:35pm

Danny2580

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Bought a refurb from Saveonlaptops. It was just about out of warranty when problem occured :-/

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