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    TM240 wireless button help?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by maa41, Oct 7, 2008.

  1. maa41

    maa41 Newbie

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    Is it at all possible to override or bypass the manual wifi button on the top of an Acer Travelmate 240 laptop?
    I have an MSI 6833 mini pci wireless card fitted into my laptop which is recognised by windows and showing as working OK.
    The problem is that I can't turn the antenna on for the card.
    It appears that the wireless button across the top of the keyboard does not recognise the card.
    The wifi button flashes on briefly at boot up, but then remains permanently off.
    I have looked everywhere for a solution to this but had no joy...including Acer support who were totally useless.
    I am running Vista SP1, everything else works great with no problems.
    Using a pcmcia wireless card, I can connect without any problems, but it would be easier to use an internal card.
    Any ideas would be very much appreciated please. :confused:
     
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  2. ATG

    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    Hi, Welcome to NBR.

    Go to Device Manager, find your wireless card, right-click select 'Properties'(or double-click on the device). Go to 'Advanced'. Find Radio ON/OFF option from the list. This controls the wireless button. If it's OFF the button is disabled and the antenna is OFF so switch it to ON. Let me know if this work.
     
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  3. hoggie

    hoggie old boy

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    also have you still got launch manager installed.

    or on my old travelmate its called Notebook manager

    just thinking out loud :D

    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Oct 7, 2008
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  4. maa41

    maa41 Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply, checked this and it is showing as enabled. I have installed launch manager, but it does not give me the option to change the settings for the wireless button.
     
    maa41, Oct 8, 2008
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  5. ATG

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    Tried to disable then enable it again(RADIO)? When you switch it to OFF what happens? Could you make a screenshot of the 'Advanced option' section of your card?

    In the Launch Manager there should be an option 'Wireless Device Boot Status' - Always ON. Maybe this is what @hoggie meant.
     
    ATG, Oct 8, 2008
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  6. swangsongforyou

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    Hi, anyone find a solution finally? I have the same problem. Antenna installed and plugged to the mini pci. The system detects the card but seems the antenna is not working. It seems that can't detect any network.

    It seems that the wireless button on the front panel is not working. Maybe needs to be activated in any way?

    thanks (and sorry my poor english)

    Edited:

    Well, finally it works with the solution maa41 posts in other forum:

    Thanks a lot!!
     
    swangsongforyou, Oct 14, 2008
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