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I recently recently installed windows xp and formatted the drive and now the wireless wont work. its a wpa. i downloaded the drivers but i cant even get the icon for it to show up. what do i do. toshiba satellite a105 s101

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  • pessina Aug 03, 2009

    do you know where i can find and download all that? i dont even know the proper stuff to use

  • pessina Aug 04, 2009

    where can i find and possibly download this software nd drivers needed?

  • pessina Aug 04, 2009

    it was the realtek driver. i followed everythign and installed it. wireless wont work at all. the tray icon isnt even there

  • pessina Aug 04, 2009

    it was the realtek driver. i followed everythign and installed it. wireless wont work at all. the tray icon isnt even there

  • pessina Aug 04, 2009

    it says atheros i have no idea wut im doing with this im helping a buddy. i dont even know how to setup a wireless thing on th comp

  • pessina Aug 04, 2009

    it says atheros i have no idea wut im doing with this im helping a buddy. i dont even know how to setup a wireless thing on th comp

  • pessina Aug 04, 2009

    the atheros card says atheros ar5bmb5. im not sure the age of this computer but its probably old. it turned up and i figured with a windows reinstall and some memory upgrade it would work great, which it is except for the wireless which worked perfectly before the windows install. here on the specs from that program. it says no network drivers. i dont see anything for lan. windows xp sp3

  • pessina Aug 05, 2009

    the atheros card says atheros ar5bmb5. im not sure the age of this computer but its probably old. it turned up and i figured with a windows reinstall and some memory upgrade it would work great, which it is except for the wireless which worked perfectly before the windows install. here on the specs from that program. it says no network drivers. i dont see anything for lan. windows xp sp3

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You downloaded the drivers? Did you install them?
After downloading, you Double-clicked on the file, then followed the instructions of the Installation Wizard?

Which driver did you install?

The RealTek LAN Driver for Windows XP (v.5.621.304.2005; 12-06-2005; 2M),

Or, the Intel PRO 10/100 Model Driver v.8.0.43.0
(v8.0.43.0; 12-18-2006; 425K)

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    joecoolvette Aug 04, 2009

    Sure, you download from Toshiba Support, and the downloads page for the Satellite A105-S101,

    http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/...

    Where it has -> Operating Systems, in the box, click on the down arrow on the right side of the box. Then click on Windows XP. Wait, and downloads will show up for WinXP.
    Now go to the box on the right, ( All Categories), and click on the down arrow on the right side of the box.
    Click on -> LAN

    How do you know you have a RealTek wireless card? Download the Intel version this time, and install it.

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    joecoolvette Aug 04, 2009

    Hmmmm, which version of Atheros is it?

    http://www.atheros.cz/

    On the computer you're using now. Download Belarc Advisor. Copy it to CD disk. Install it in that Satellite A105-S101 laptop.

    http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

    Belarc Advisor is a free tiny, little program that will tell you what software, and hardware, is installed in that Toshiba Satellite. (On the Belarc homepage, go to the right, and click on ->
    'Click here to download your free copy of the Belarc Advisor', in the oval circle)

    See what LAN device it uses.

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Make sure you are not missing the software needed and that you have the proper up to date drivers.

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