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    URGENT:Wifi not connecting 3945/4965/5300

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by RayStar, Apr 6, 2010.

  1. RayStar

    RayStar Notebook Evangelist

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    I think i screwed my laptop somehow,
    last week i tried to upgrade my wifi to 5300 from 3945 but when inserted it showed up but it said no connection availalbe with an X through the signal bars
    so i just changed it back to 3945.

    Today i tried to upgrade to a 4965 and for some reason the same problem occured. I thought the 5300 might of been BIOS LOCKED or something as that was suggested to me by another member on the forum but i found it odd that both cards were somehow blocked in a way, but they were still attached to the laptop and showing up as working in the device manager. nowa after giving up on installing the 4965 I reinserted my 3945 and now its showing up as no connections available :( . are there any settings in the advanced tab that i need to change?
    I never install the Intel Wifi configuration utility so i dont know if that would help or not. i have tried switching the antennas back and forth from one and two to see if that works and taking off the 3rd antenna but no luck with the 4965. please help me out.
    im in urget help of getting this problem fixed. thanks.

    EDIT:
    The 5300 was taken from a Sony as I've heard and the 4965 was bought off ebay and was being used fine in a Dell XPS M1330 and still is
     
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  2. cloudbyday

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    Have you tried rolling back your drivers to the original (3945). If your drivers are working before upgrading, then why the risk of upgrading.
     
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  3. RayStar

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    well i did do that but no luck when i put in my 3945 in again then the same problem came, it was showing as working properly but the only thing is that i wasnt getting any signals and its showing that no connection is available....if you would like a screen shot ill post that up as well
     
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  4. cloudbyday

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    Do you have a restore disk? You need to unistall the driver and use Driversweeper to make sure that you have gotten all the Wireless driver. Then install the Driver from the driver disk.
     
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  5. RayStar

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    okay so i got my 3945 working again, i just took it out and put it in again and booted it up and tada! it worked....i think im going to stay away from wifi upgrades for now :D
     
    RayStar, Apr 6, 2010
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