jivonski

ok first off i had my Toshiba satellite for 3 years. When i first had it i was able to access my wireless card...during the course in owning this laptop i encountered many virus problems and had to use to use the recovery cd a couple of times already...recently i setted up wifi in my house and i got onto my laptop to switch on my wireless card when to my surprise it didnt come on...i switched the switch into th on position used the fn keys to switch to wireless but when i hold down the FN key and depress the F8 key to turn on the wireless but the icon doesnt appear...i reloaded the system again still nothing...i installed the wireless cards drivers manually from the recovery cd and i also downloaded the the drivers from the toshiba website itself..but still nothing.....so now i am completely lost i havent an idea of what to do now if anybody could assist me on my dilemma please HELP ME!!!...i am in serious need of help.....thank you in advance

TriggerFinger

Check in Device Manager if WiFi card is enabled or has any yellow marks. Consider also that it is possible that the card is gone and may need replacement.

jivonski

ok i checked to see if i saw that....but it isnt there...is replacing the card the only way...isnt there any other way for the laptop to recognise the card??

jivonski

i had recently ugrade the laptop to ser4vice pack 2 and i als ugraded my BIOS...does that have anything to do with the laptop not recognising the card...could there be a mix up in the registry to which the laptop cannot recognise the card..

TriggerFinger

-- in Device Manager it should be under Network controllers. If it is NOT there, look for anything 'UNKNOWN'. If still nothing, try a working WiFi card or try your card in another laptop.

-- I really doubt it. As I said, the best way for you to know is to use another card or use your card in another laptop. There you can rule out BIOS update or installation of SP2 or a registry mix up.

-- Of course, another way is to bring it to a repair shop.