Remove wireless card - HP Pavilion Media Center m9340f Desktop PC

im assuming its a laptop computer

Turn the laptop over and remove the battery.

Remove the screws that are used to secure the memory/wireless LAN minicard cover with a Phillips-head screwdriver. Lift the edge of the cover to remove it.

Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless LAN minicard with the needle-nosed pliers.

Locate the screws that are used to secure the wireless LAN minicard to the motherboard and remove them with the Phillips-head screwdriver.

Pull the wireless LAN minicard out by grabbing the card by the edges.

Reinsert the wireless LAN minicard and push down on the card to set it in place.

Tighten the screws to secure the card to the motherboard.

Replace the antenna cables with the needle-nosed pliers.

Replace the memory/wireless LAN minicard cover and secure it with the screws.

Replace the battery and then turn on the laptop. Windows Vista will load and reinstall the drivers for the ISATAP adapter.

hope this helps

Where is you get that message or indication from?

Is the wireless listed as a device in the device manager?

Did you turn the wireless switch on?

Download and reinstall your wireless drivers.

Get online and got to www.google.com In the google search box type: "Toshiba Support" (without the quotes and put your manufacturer name before Support). Look for downloads and drivers. Enter your model number and operating system when requested. Download and install the Network drivers.

Make sure the wireless switch is turned on.

Maybe you don't have your wireless turned on. Look on both sides and in front for the Wireless Switch and turn it on.

Also once the wireless switch is turned on there are keystrokes that can toggle the wireless on or off. Normally you would Press and Hold the FN function key located at the lower left of the keyboard, then hit the correct F1 thru F12 key that toggles the wireless. The correct F1 thru F12 key to hit will have the wireless signal icon )))) on it. Or it might have the icon of a tower with the wireless signal icon )))). Normally the screen will display Wireless On or Wireless Off when you toggle the wireless.

Still not working?

If you still have problems then turn the laptop off, remove the power cord, remove the battery, then remove the cover that houses the wireless card on the bottom of the laptop. Remove the antennas (2 cables) from the wireless card (remember how they go so you can put them back later), then remove the wireless card from the slot ( it might be secured by one or two screws you have to remove). After about 30 seconds put it all back together and reboot. Sometimes reseating the wireless card will make it work.

Maybe you don't have your wireless turned on. Look onboth sides and in front for the Wireless Switch and turn it on.

Also once the wireless switch is turned on there are keystrokes that can togglethe wireless on or off. Normally you would Press and Hold the FN functionkey located at the lower left of the keyboard, then hit the correct F1 thru F12key that toggles the wireless. The correct F1 thru F12 key to hit willhave the wireless signal icon )))) on it. Or it might have the icon of a towerwith the wireless signal icon )))). Normally the screen will displayWireless On or Wireless Off when you toggle the wireless.
If it still does not turn on then turn your laptop over after removing the power cord. Remove the battery, then remove the cover that houses the wireless. Remove the two anntenas (cables) from the wireless card but remember which one goes where. Remove the screw if there is one that holds the wireless card in place then remove the wireless card from the slot. After 30 seconds but it all back together then reboot.

Maybe the wireless card is bad. Parts don't last forever. Are you sure your wireless switch is on? Are you sure your wireless router is on?

When you say your wireless connection has stopped (that is a broad statement that could either be a problem with the router or the wireless card in the computer).

Does your Laptop pick up any wireless signal at all from anywhere? Do you have other laptops in the house that is picking up the wireless signal?

If other laptops pick up the signal, then the problem is with your wireless in the laptop. You might try downloading and reinstalling the wireless drivers.
Get onlineand got to www.google.com In the google search box type: "AdventSupport" (without the quotes and put your manufacturer name before Support). Look for downloads and drivers. Enter your model number and operatingsystem when requested. Download and install the drivers.If you still have problems are reinstalling the driver then try reseating the wireless card. Remove the power cord, remove the battery, turn the laptop over and remove the cover that houses the wireless card. Remove the screws from the wireless card that holds it in the slot, remove the antennas (black and white cables) from the wireless card. Then put it all back together and in place and reboot.

maybe your wireless card is bad. Try this, remove the power cord and battery, turn the laptop over and remove the cover that is over the wireless. Hopefully the wirless is under the bottom, sometimes it might be under the keyboard or plamrest.

Anyway, remove the two antenna cables from the wireless card, and also remove the wireless card out of the slot that it fits it. Then after a few seconds put the wifi card back into the slot, attach the antennas, put the cover back on and reboot. Sometimes reseating helps.

Depending on your OS, you could check the device mang. and if your 802.b wireless is not found, look for other flags or problems.
Turn off your wireless switch and remove and re-install your network system.
If after completed, you do not see the wireless install when loading, remove the wireless card and try again, removing from device mamg., re-booting and re-installing wireless card.
Sometimes the wireless card looses connection and needs to be physically removed, system re-booted and re-installed to work.
If that does not work, try exchanging the wireless card for another.
Removing the entire network from the system and re-booting is the best way. Shoot down after re-booting and re-install wireless card.
Restart unit, if it see's the wireless card, it will show loading network device. If it does not see the card, it will not load it.
Hope this helps

The first thing I would try would be to reset the card, by removing the cover (if you are comfortable), removing the card from the slot and reinserting in the slot or moving the card to another slot (if there is an identical slot). If that doesn't work, replace the wireless card either with another wireless card or a USB wireless network adapter (external adapter that connects to a USB port). Good luck.

On the Inspiron 5100, the wireless card can be accessed thru a door on the bottom of the laptop.
1) Remove AC power and Battery
2) Turn the computer over, loosen the captive screw (labeled "circle C") in the modem/Mini PCI card cover, and lift the cover away from the computer.
3) Disconnect the Wireless card from the attached cables. These are the Antenna wires.
4) Use your fingertips to carefully spread apart the securing taps on each side of the Wireless card until the card pops up.
5) Remove the Wireless card.


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go into the bios and disable the wireless card - Boot to windows and go into add/remove programs and remove any reference to your wireless card.

If none, through control panel find Device Manager and uninstall the wireless card there. Reboot - Go back into the bios and re-enable the wireless card and then boot back into windows, let windows re-detect the wireless card. Hope that helps...

G'luck

could you tell me if the onboard built in wireless on this laptop is working or not?, as it is built in and the wireless card will be conflicting, hense very slow and the pc not seeing the card as the main wireless connection and not booting up until removal of the card