Wi-fi light not coming up in aspire one d255

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ishan - Jul 17, 2012 at 08:13 AM
Jean-François Pillou Posts 18707 Registration date Monday February 15, 1999 Status Webmaster Last seen February 16, 2023   - Jul 19, 2012 at 05:15 AM
Hello,

I formatted my laptop due to virus and other issues. now when i am installing back the rquired drivers for wireless connectivity I am not getting the wi-fi light which should be orange.
I have installed win xp sp3 . i have tried installing all possible wireless lan drivers from intel, realtek ......The intel driver avaialable at acer site is not gettong installed even.please help me to get connected to the internet.



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Jean-François Pillou Posts 18707 Registration date Monday February 15, 1999 Status Webmaster Last seen February 16, 2023  
Jul 17, 2012 at 04:05 PM
Usually, each laptop comes with a physical switch (on/off) to activate the wifi. Are you sure you have switched it on ?
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Ya jeff
I have switched it on.......But I am skeptical about the driver not functioning properly
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Jean-François Pillou Posts 18707 Registration date Monday February 15, 1999 Status Webmaster Last seen February 16, 2023  
Jul 18, 2012 at 05:59 AM
You need to get the proper driver for your specific laptop. What's the brand / model ?
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Acer Aspire one D255
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Jean-François Pillou Posts 18707 Registration date Monday February 15, 1999 Status Webmaster Last seen February 16, 2023  
Jul 19, 2012 at 05:15 AM
Your drivers are here : http://support.acer.com/product/default.aspx?modelId=2987

First of all, use the Hardware detection utility mentionned in the page ( http://global-download.gateway.com/FilesDownload/HWID/HWVendorDetection.exe ) to know what WiFi chip is used on your specific laptop (Realtek or Intel or Atheros or Broadcom)
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