Wifi won't turn on

re notify service / seller new doesnt mean free from defect

Take it to these guys https://www.bestbuy.com/site/electronics/geek-squad/pcmcat138100050018.c?id=pcmcat138100050018

If it is three days old and no wifi you may not want to read this...;-]

There is a off on switch for the wifi either in front or along the side of the case. By default it is off. The wifi will show installed and working but won;t do anything. The hard part is finding that stupid switch. Followed by pretending you knew it was the problem all along. I'm chuckling at this as everyone myself included has done this. If it is anything other than the switch on a 3 day old laptop I'd put in in the box and return it.

it's the switch ;-]

Dear Friend,

The wireless ON/OFF switch is tipically located at the front end of the computer, otherwise it will be a key combination such as the Key Fn + the F's key on top, depending on the manufacture.

May sure that the wireless card is installed in you laptop computer otherwise, it will not work even if the WIFI sign is on. You can check this by removing the cover located somewhere on the back below the battery.

make sure your wifi or internet is switched on.
there should be a switch at the front or a button in front of screen with the wifi logo on it.

Look by the clock.. on the start bar for a icon to conect

open it and makesure its on,, and then conect to you WIFI, try reseting your wifi router, try reseting your internet box

If you already know how to do all that with no luck,
check the drivers for the wifi card

Its ether not conected to a network, lost driver, wrong network setings or bad wifi card.

look for a slide switch on front or sides of laptop

Sounds like he does not have the wifi switch on. There are 2 buttons below the mouse pad on the front. The 2nd clear button when pushed in should turn orange letting you know the wifi 802g is active and searching as it blinks. When the orange light is solid it has locked onto a network. Hope this helps Acer sucks with this wifi funtion light.

Assuming your wifi inside your home is setup correct and other can connect to it ok.

You will want to make sure that you can see other wifi signals. A good test is to head to your local Starbucks and see if you can pick up their in-store wifi. If so, I would assume that your wifi inside your home is messed up and may require configuration by your local "tech guy."

Along the top of the keyboard, there should be some touch sensitive buttons. If your wifi light (looks like a small image of an antennae) is orange, then you will need to press that button and turn your wifi on.

Yes it can be, buy a new wifi device and get in installed in your motherboard and don't use the onboard wifi device.