I d mwireless switch turned on and was able to get online. Now suddenly i am unable to turn it on and its not showing up in the bios nor will fn f8 turn it on

Fn+F8 toggles the wireless on and off.

there is usually a bios setting for the wireless card, but sometimes there is another hardware switch that needs to be turned on.

it migt be turn off. try to press Fn + F1 + F2 + F3 + F4 + F5 + F6 + F7 + F8 + F9 + F10 + F11 + F12 to turn OFF or to turn ON. or you may go to BIOS to turn it on from there.

Fn + F8 should toggle between LCD, External and both, wait about 15 seconds between Fn+ F8 attempts

Hi

have you tried to press FN+F8 again to enable the wireless switch

and or making sure that you have slid the wireless slide switch over to the right hand side to enable it it should show you a picture of what looks like a small satallite dish

The uses for the function (f1-f12) keys varies based on which program you have open at the time. Different programs use them for different things.

However, your computer also has some default uses for these keys when combined with pressing the fn (function) key.

fn + f1 locks computer

fn + f2 changes our power use profile

fn + f3 puts the computer to sleep

fn + f4 puts the computer into hibernation mode

fn + f5 changes the display/output mode

fn + f6 decreases the screen brightness

fn + f7 increases the screen brightness

fn + f8 enables/disables wireless connections

fn + f9 enables/disables the touch pad

fn + f10 turns the cursor overlay on/off

fn + f11 turns the numeric overlay on/off

fn + f12 turns scroll lock on/off

Either: Fn+F2 or Fn+F8 or Fn+F12

There may also be a little on/off switch on the side or front of the laptop that you need to check is on.

The wireless switch is not Fn-F10. It is actually Fn-F8.

Another Alternative is to check your BIOS to see whether or not your Wireless is turned on, if it is not pressent in your BIOS then update your BIOS Driver on the Internet to ver 1.4, Double check your version Compatabillity. Next if the adapter driver is installed, follow the following intructions: start -> settings -> control panel -> system -> hardware -> device manager -> now look for the wireless adapter, see if it is operational or marked with an error -> if it is marked check that it is configured for automatic, and also the resources. Set the configuration manually if so. restart the system.

1) Resource conflict = change resource settings
2) No adapter = check if the adapter is enabled (Y) then see if there is any conflicts (y) correct the settings e.g. resources and see if windows shows that the device is enabled (N) try to enable this device. If (N) then goto BIOS settings to correct it.

Hope this helps

Hi,

Based on your post of Fn + F2, I would initially suspect that your laptop's wireless is the issue. Perhaps you may want to double check the drivers installation and determine if there is a hard switch to activate physically the wifi network. Additionally, you may want to check the manufacturer's website for updated WiFi drivers, download and install them.

Further, it may help if you can post back make and model of your laptop.

Hope this be of initial help/idea. Pls post back how things turned up or should you need additional information.

Good luck and kind regards.

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