I'm at wits end...and not tech-savvy enough to fix it, so I'm here.
Gateway NV57h73U- Intel Centrino Advanced- N 6205 chip. Intel Wireless Pro Tools
Haven't used the wireless in 6 months. When I decided to take the laptop elsewhere...no wireless. Like it was never even installed.
I followed every tutorial I could find online to try to fix it. Nothing.
I had a couple of friends talk me through different things to find it. Nada. Went to Intel's site to download new drivers, nothing worked. Gateway's site didn't have what I needed. The few 'auto detect' features didn't show the Intel wireless even there.
In the device manager, it shows my Ethernet stuff. But no wireless.
I do have a network controller (unnamed) that has an exclamation point next to it. if I use the 'find drivers' feature, it starts to download and immediately stops saying it can't find the correct driver.
Windows mobility center doesn't show any wireless option.
Fn/F3 does nothing (wireless on/off button)- I get the symbol that it goes on/off...but nothing really happens. If I use the troubleshooter in the 'Devices' area for the notebook (message says needs fixed), it comes back with the "can't find the problem" reply. If I run the troubleshooter for Intel Pro Wireless tools, it fails every test...immediately.
Doing my own investigation with the implications I will just replace the chip, I took the back panel off, found the chip, got the model info, and popped off one of the only two wires I saw to make sure they came off easily and that I could remove it myself. Put it all back together, turned the unit back on to start shopping- and guess what? The Wireless just came back on- right on startup- and connected. Holy crap!
The Intel thingy was back in the device manager! The icon was back in the corner! It was picking up every signal on my block! It even started to update a driver! Ecstatic that I fixed it with that simple wire off/on method, I finished my online stuff and shut her down for the night marveling at my own cleverness.
The next day I fired her up and...gone. Again.
Days later, I got a new identical chip, put it in, nothing.
Who's first to take a stab at this? I'll try my best to make punctual replies to questions, but its the start of a holiday, and I won't be sitting in front of the machine for hours on end to keep up.
Gateway NV57h73U- Intel Centrino Advanced- N 6205 chip. Intel Wireless Pro Tools
Haven't used the wireless in 6 months. When I decided to take the laptop elsewhere...no wireless. Like it was never even installed.
I followed every tutorial I could find online to try to fix it. Nothing.
I had a couple of friends talk me through different things to find it. Nada. Went to Intel's site to download new drivers, nothing worked. Gateway's site didn't have what I needed. The few 'auto detect' features didn't show the Intel wireless even there.
In the device manager, it shows my Ethernet stuff. But no wireless.
I do have a network controller (unnamed) that has an exclamation point next to it. if I use the 'find drivers' feature, it starts to download and immediately stops saying it can't find the correct driver.
Windows mobility center doesn't show any wireless option.
Fn/F3 does nothing (wireless on/off button)- I get the symbol that it goes on/off...but nothing really happens. If I use the troubleshooter in the 'Devices' area for the notebook (message says needs fixed), it comes back with the "can't find the problem" reply. If I run the troubleshooter for Intel Pro Wireless tools, it fails every test...immediately.
Doing my own investigation with the implications I will just replace the chip, I took the back panel off, found the chip, got the model info, and popped off one of the only two wires I saw to make sure they came off easily and that I could remove it myself. Put it all back together, turned the unit back on to start shopping- and guess what? The Wireless just came back on- right on startup- and connected. Holy crap!
The Intel thingy was back in the device manager! The icon was back in the corner! It was picking up every signal on my block! It even started to update a driver! Ecstatic that I fixed it with that simple wire off/on method, I finished my online stuff and shut her down for the night marveling at my own cleverness.
The next day I fired her up and...gone. Again.
Days later, I got a new identical chip, put it in, nothing.
Who's first to take a stab at this? I'll try my best to make punctual replies to questions, but its the start of a holiday, and I won't be sitting in front of the machine for hours on end to keep up.
