I turned on my laptop today and the wireless adapter light was on! I believe the issue is that of which these laptops often have. They often have a bad connection between DC-IN power jack on the system board and the system board which causes intermittent power failure. It happens to be located right next to the wireless adapter switch. I believe (I am not a computer tech, it's a guess) that the connection issue combined with the other chronic issue these laptops have, CPU heatsink gets clogged with dust and lint and over heats is causing maybe the switch to short out. I have a cooling pad that I use, but it isn't the greatest. I have wired a cooling fan out of a desk top and am now using it as an external cooling device. Hopefully it is fixed once again! I'll keep you posted.
