Network problem with tx1000 notebook

I can connect to any network, however when some time passes, specially when i am downloading files, the network disconnects, and it loses every network it had detected in range, and it do not detect any network anymore, that is until i restart the notebook.

Would someone help me out please, i restarted the BIOS, i checked the WLAN service settings and everything is just fine.

OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
Other OS Description Not Available
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model HP Pavilion tx1000 Notebook PC
System Type X86-based PC
Processor AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-58, 1900 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

Please im desperate

 

What wireless card do you have installed, and have you downloaded the latest drivers from the manufacturer? Have you contacted the manufacturer about this?

If this happens all the time (at home, at school, at a friend's house), then the problem probably lies with the wireless card. If it only happens at home, it could be the router or something else installed on the network (like a media server), or even interference from other wireless devices. However, without any more information, all I can do is guess.

 

I believe I have the same problem, zerosteel. Did you install any power-managing software by any chance??

 

No i havent, i have been troubleshooting this with the help of the people in the support chat from hp since i just bought the notebook last Friday. but without luck.

And i believe i have the latest drivers kegobeer, and i dont think it is the wireless card's issue because if i do not download anything, the notebook stays connected for a very long time. I think it happens when i use a big part of the broadband speed.

 

Zero, does this happen only at home or anywhere you use your computer and your wireless connection?

There are numerous posts on the web about connection drops when transferring large files, and they can be caused by a bad wireless card, interference on the same or nearby channel, or even something else operating on the wireless network. I had the same problem with my brand new D-Link setup, but it only happened to my laptop - not my wife's or my son's. Once I disabled my media server the problem disappeared.

 

My friends computers do not get the same problem that my notebook has. And at this point i would try anything to solve this, would you tell me how can i disable my media server? I dont even know if i have one

 

If you take your laptop to a different house, and connect to that network, do you still have the connection drop problem when transferring large files?

A media server is a piece of hardware that streams media - if you had one, you'd know it. That was merely an example of how something can interfere with the way a computer connects to a router.

Again, I ask: What wireless card do you have installed? Have you contacted the manufacturer about this?

Also, what router do you have? Have you upgraded the router to the latest firmware? Has this always been a problem, or is it something that just started happening?

 

Yes this happens in another house too, my wireless card is "Broadcom 902.11b/g WLAN and the wireless router is WRT54GS LynkSys. v7.50.0, and no i havent contacted the manufacturer about this, and i dont know how to update the firmware, and this problem has always been happening, i just bought the notebook last friday.

 

This is a brand new notebook - contact the notebook manufacturer for assistance.

 

that seems to be the only choice, thx

 

With the Linksys router (wrt54gs) you have. The last one i setup could not maintain a connection. Locked up instantly if more than 1 user. It was nothing but trouble. It seam to have problems all the time. I don't think it can maintain more that 40 simontainous connections, before crashing. This is not a good router. Where a normal wireless usually has more the 50. I would see about flashing the router with dd-wrt mini, or return the router if new. Or at least get the GL model has more ram and works better.Or move to a buffalo whr-hp-g54, but these are getting hard to find.

I think the router is the problem.

 

I have the same problem, but I have had my TX1000 since October 2007. Recently started doing the same thing. Drops wireless connection (it wasn't doing downloads or anything at the time). Then it will not find any networks at all much less connect. Nor does Windows Networking GUI even fully display. Requires a complete reboot to get back on network. I have a different model of linksys router. I don't thinks its that. Same model of Broadcom wireless card in the laptop as the previous poster. The wireless on this machine is terribly slow as well. Have tried all the suggestions that are floating around the net now about it. I got this machine for school work but its too unreliable to take online tests because you never know the wireless connection is going to fail or be so slow as to be useless.

 

Same problem on a HP tx1000 notebook... The network manager will disconnect after a while and won't find ANY networks until after a reboot.

I read on some forums that it might be due to a power saving features, and possibly related to the HP wireless assistant. Supposedly, uninstalling said app would rectify the problem. Not a fan of uninstalling factory applications, I've gone into the card configuration and disabled "Low energy settings" or somesuch, and removed the wireless assistant from the Windows startup items.

I haven't used the laptop enough since then to claim that it solved my issues, but it might be worth trying. I came by this post looking for alternative solutions, and just thought I'd post my findings so far...

Good luck!