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Asus U30JC wireless problems

post #1 of 10
10/27/10 at 3:48am
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I just purchased my second Asus, this time the mobile Asus U30JC. Everything was working sort of okay, the mouse pad is a bit messed up but the wireless was working fine.

The last few days, the wireless won't turn on, i.e. I select FN+F2 and the wifi symbol is faded and x'd out. In the lower right corner, the wirless symbol has an X.

I'm not sure what drivers I should update since the wireless radio seems to be turned off, but I can't seem to enable it through the Intel utility. I've restarted the system many times.

In the device utility, the wireless driver seems to be the:

Intel(R) 1000 WiFi Wireless LAN Driver

Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 10
10/27/10 at 11:21am
Did you try to enable it via Device Manager? If that doesn't work, try a new driver. Intel has drivers available on their website.
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post #3 of 10
10/27/10 at 2:06pm
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Yep, can't seem to enable anything in the device manager, i.e. no option to enable the wireless radio. I did update the intel drivers and it says no wireless adapter found.
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post #4 of 10
10/27/10 at 5:25pm
Does the U30Jc have an external (physical) wireless switch? If so, did you check to make sure that was in the correct position?
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post #5 of 10
10/28/10 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by Djembe View Post
Does the U30Jc have an external (physical) wireless switch? If so, did you check to make sure that was in the correct position?
I just looked at a couple images and it does appear to have a physical switch on the front left. I couldn't find any detailed info on it, but it's in the same place as my old Toshiba, so I'm assuming it's for the wifi
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post #6 of 10
11/1/10 at 1:22pm
I have also a U30JC and I'm having the same problem, the laptop has a switch up front but that isn't the problem I guess. It doesn't detect the wireless card and not even the light on the front that indicates the wireless is turned on...I unistalled the wireless console and it started working but a few days later stop working again...anyone that found a good solution please post!

Thanks!
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post #7 of 10
11/18/10 at 3:00pm
I have had the same problem (just today) when I turned off the wireless switch in the front (off is to the left) since I was on a plane. When trying to turn it back on, the wireless icon shows up but is grayed out.

Reading this thread, I got this solution to work:

-Have the switch back to the right
-Go to Device Manager (Start>Computer>"right click">Properties
-Disable wireless adapter (mine is an Atheros)
-Enable wireless adapter
-Now Fn+F2 button works with Icon not grayed out
-Make sure it is enabled
-Restart computer

I'm running Windows 7 Pro. Not sure if it is hardware or driver related. I think it is driver related, but I have the latest release.

Hope this helps!
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post #8 of 10
11/18/10 at 7:56pm
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Originally Posted by 4BandE View Post
I have had the same problem (just today) when I turned off the wireless switch in the front (off is to the left) since I was on a plane. When trying to turn it back on, the wireless icon shows up but is grayed out.

Reading this thread, I got this solution to work:

-Have the switch back to the right
-Go to Device Manager (Start>Computer>"right click">Properties
-Disable wireless adapter (mine is an Atheros)
-Enable wireless adapter
-Now Fn+F2 button works with Icon not grayed out
-Make sure it is enabled
-Restart computer

I'm running Windows 7 Pro. Not sure if it is hardware or driver related. I think it is driver related, but I have the latest release.

Hope this helps!
Interesting work around. ASUS needs to look into this - firmware update for the wifi device?

cheers ...
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post #9 of 10
3/3/11 at 9:08pm
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Originally Posted by 4BandE View Post
I have had the same problem (just today) when I turned off the wireless switch in the front (off is to the left) since I was on a plane. When trying to turn it back on, the wireless icon shows up but is grayed out.

Reading this thread, I got this solution to work:

-Have the switch back to the right
-Go to Device Manager (Start>Computer>"right click">Properties
-Disable wireless adapter (mine is an Atheros)
-Enable wireless adapter
-Now Fn+F2 button works with Icon not grayed out
-Make sure it is enabled
-Restart computer

I'm running Windows 7 Pro. Not sure if it is hardware or driver related. I think it is driver related, but I have the latest release.

Hope this helps!
The lastest wireless manager solved my problems!
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post #10 of 10
3/4/11 at 8:32am
Nice to hear - do you happen to have a link to the driver?

cheers ...
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