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    Alienware 14 no wireless icon or wifi

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by wyndam, Nov 28, 2014.

  1. wyndam

    wyndam Newbie

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    Hey recently bought a alienware 14 but im not seeing any wifi or wireless icon to connect to at all.
    Has anyone else had this problem ?

    When I press fn+f2 it turns airplane mode on and off ...
    Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated
     
    wyndam, Nov 28, 2014
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    thehunterooo Notebook Consultant

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    It could be missing the drivers, or the card is disabled, I would check into those first.
     
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    wyndam Newbie

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    How do I check if the card is disabled ?
    I ran the check (when you press fn+power button) and everything was working fine apparently.

    I have installed a Broadcom wireless driver , but that's just a Bluetooth one im pretty sure
     
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    wyndam Newbie

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    Well , when I try and install the Broadcom wireless drivers it says "Activate Bluetooth using wireless switch"
    And I have no idea what that is .
     
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    Ok yay finally . I got it working .


    For future references heres how I did it :

    1) Deleted the program Qualcomm Atheros Network Manager suite
    2) rebooted
    3) Then installed KillerSuite_1.1.38.1281_Win7_Win8_Win81.exe (from http://www.opendrivers.com/download/driver-167469.html )
    4) rebooted and wifi was available. :)
    Thank goodness
     
    wyndam, Nov 28, 2014
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