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    Vaio VGN-NR110E/S Wireless Problem after Vista fresh install

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by regchamp, Nov 28, 2007.

  1. regchamp

    regchamp Newbie

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    This laptop came with Vista Home Premium, and a TON of bloatware. So I installed a fresh copy of my own Vista Ultimate that I bought awhile back. Now my wireless does not work, the light doesn't even come on when I turn the switch on. The drivers are correct, and my ethernet works through a CAT5 cable, but no wireless. Any clue on how to fix this?

    P.S. - This is the black friday laptop - has anyone found a way to put XP on it yet? If not I'll just be happy if I can get my wireless working
     
    regchamp, Nov 28, 2007
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  2. belsthar

    belsthar Newbie

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    I've sucessfully installed xp on my vaio vgn-nr110e, it requires you install it with a copy of xp that already has sp2, however, I'm having the same issue with the wireless card
     
    belsthar, Nov 28, 2007
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  3. John B

    John B Notebook Prophet

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    What do you have in Device manager --> Network adapters?
     
    John B, Nov 29, 2007
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  4. slamtilt

    slamtilt Newbie

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    Hello, i'm new on this forum.
    I have the same problem: i turn on the physical switch on my VGN-NR10E and when i try to find wireless access point's signal... i don't find any WLAN.
    Windows Vista Home Premium says me that i have to turn on the WLAN button, but i have already done it.
    Sony Vaio's help on the notebook says me that after to have turned on the physical switch, i have to enable WLAN in the Wireless Switch Setting Utility (a Sony software). I haven't this software on my notebook and i haven't found on the Sony's site this program (i have read which has some problem with the user's rights on Windows).
    The wireless chip on my notebook is Atheros and i use the last driver's version 7.2.0.215.
    A suggestion?
    Thanks.
     
    slamtilt, Jan 6, 2008
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  5. diegom

    diegom Newbie

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    Have you tried installing sony notebook utilities
     
    diegom, Dec 14, 2008
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  6. wlan_man

    wlan_man Notebook Consultant

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    Vista does not come with WLAN drivers build in you'll need to grab them.
    If you have a wired connection to the internet you can do an auto search and it should grab some of the MS update database.
     
    wlan_man, Dec 14, 2008
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    akusully Newbie

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    i ran into the same problem yesterday when i installed a fresh copy of vista ultimate on the same laptop,the wireless card wasnt working couldnt find the correct driver, however after some research i was able to find the correct driver for vista ultimate, i installed it and everything is back to normal........

    here is the website hope this works ;)

    http://sony.drivercache.com/Sony-VGN-A-Drivers/driversdown_12924.html
     
    akusully, Dec 26, 2008
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