Power on the laptop computer and wait for the operating system to boot.
Right-click the wireless Internet icon in the lower right corner of the desktop.
This brings up a new pull-down menu.
Select "View Available Wireless Networks."
This brings up a selection of different possible Internet connections that are in range of the computer.
Select the wireless Internet connection you want to use.
If a password is required, you need to type it in now.
Wait for the laptop to connect to the Internet.
In a moment the computer is going to state it has successfully connected to the Internet.
click Start, Run type in cmd and click Ok to bring up a command prompt.
Type ipconfig /all and press enter and see if it gives you an IP address similar to 192.168.1.100.
Check your wireless connection properties under My Network Places.
Right click the wireless connection icon and choose properties.
From there make sure Internet Protocol {TCP/IP} is listed, highlight it and click properties. Make sure Obtain an IP address automatically is checked and Obtain DNS server address automatically is checked.
Make sure you Ethernet is enabled in bios restart your computer during the boot up process you will see on your screen a certain key to
press to enter set up (BIOS) press and hold that key to enter bios using arrow keys scroll to intergrated peripherals
look for SiS On Chip Pci Device press enter scroll to SiS 10/100m press enter make sure its enabled
if still no joy
Let's first try to start the wireless service i.e. WLAN AutoConfig service manually.
To do this, login to the computer as an administrator.
1. Click Start, type services.msc and hit enter.
2. Locate WLAN AutoConfig service, double click on it to open its properties window.
3. Under General tab, change the Startup type to Automatic and click Start button.
4. Click Apply and then ok.
For more information about the wireless settings, check this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878035.aspx
Hope this helps.
Click "Start," and then select "Control Panel."
Double-click "Power Options."
Select "High Performance" under "Additional Plans," and then click "Change Plan Settings." Change all of the options to say "Never."
test all power and data leads that attach to your hard drive the leads from your
(motherboard to your hard drive) Sata make sure they have dust free secure connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd have secure connections and are not faulty
even something as small as a faulty fan lead can cause you problems a computer needs all of the power and data to travel through every working device and to
have an end for a computer to be able work properly
make sure your graphics card is securely seated with no dust
if you remove the graphics card to clean the socket replace it
restart the computer the found new hardware wizard should activate
hope this helps
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