Wifi Off Windows 8.1
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Windows 8
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Acer
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Last response: in Windows 8
PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 1:18:02 AM
Hello, hopefully some of you can lend me a hand here. I bought an Acer Aspire M3-581T ultra book the other day and I thought it would be nice to install 8.1 rather than 7 since it had a fresh drive and the mSSD had been cleaned. I'm quite fond of 8 but still run 7 on my gaming rig. Anyway the point is that my wireless is labelled "OFF". It's been like that since I installed 8.1. All my drivers were pulled down from windows update and all seem fine until I notice the wireless tab said off. I tried to remove them and download them with no success. I even went to the Acer website and downloaded the drivers manually and every time I tried to install it, it would get so far before coming up with a blue screen that labels something along the line of thread not handled. Any suggestions?
-Yes I extracted the drivers.
-I tried setup as well as pointing windows to the driver software
-plentiful reboots
-No more updates available
-Tried updating driver through device manager.
-Tried FN keys to enable wireless.
-No physical wireless switch
Please help
-Yes I extracted the drivers.
-I tried setup as well as pointing windows to the driver software
-plentiful reboots
-No more updates available
-Tried updating driver through device manager.
-Tried FN keys to enable wireless.
-No physical wireless switch
Please help
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PraiseTheSun said:
Hello, hopefully some of you can lend me a hand here. I bought an Acer Aspire M3-581T ultra book the other day and I thought it would be nice to install 8.1 rather than 7 since it had a fresh drive and the mSSD had been cleaned. I'm quite fond of 8 but still run 7 on my gaming rig. Anyway the point is that my wireless is labelled "OFF". It's been like that since I installed 8.1. All my drivers were pulled down from windows update and all seem fine until I notice the wireless tab said off. I tried to remove them and download them with no success. I even went to the Acer website and downloaded the drivers manually and every time I tried to install it, it would get so far before coming up with a blue screen that labels something along the line of thread not handled. Any suggestions?-Yes I extracted the drivers.
-I tried setup as well as pointing windows to the driver software
-plentiful reboots
-No more updates available
-Tried updating driver through device manager.
-Tried FN keys to enable wireless.
-No physical wireless switch
Please help
Did you try installing the Driver using Compatibility Mode? Rt click the setup.exe file and choose 'Troubleshoot Compatibility' then 'Troubleshoot Program' and choose earlier version etc. Win 7...
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PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 1:56:09 AM
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PraiseTheSun said:
Blue screened again, same error, system_thread_exception_not_handled or something. Do you think installing 7 on a separate partition and getting the wireless going on that could maybe do something for me?Doubt that's the answer! Take it your Wireless Adapter is the driver you're having probs with? I had the same with an older HP laptop, ended up buying wireless dongle, uses up a USB port, I know, but they are so small they don't get in the way
http://www.edimax.co.uk/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=328...
One last, did you install all the drivers for your rig? Sometimes the Fn keys driver is hidden in an obscure d'load....
And it won't do any harm to check out the integrity of your OS
First try System File Checker
Winkey plus 'X'
Choose Command Prompt (Admin)
Type sfc /scannow then Enter
It finds and fixes errors in Windows, but doesn't always report them. Run it and see if the fault disappears after re-booting your system
If corrupt files are found that can’t be fixed, try
Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth
Re-run SFC
To view CBS Log
findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\logs\cbs\cbs.log >sfcdetails.txt
Search C drive for sfcdetails.txt or navigate to C:\Windows\System32 and scroll down.
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PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 2:40:26 AM
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PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 4:16:09 AM
PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 4:39:08 AM
PraiseTheSun said:
Right SFC and the restore health didn't cut it.I know it used to work wireless before I reinstalled it but maybe when it got opened up something happened.
Could you point in the direction to find the stop code so I copy paste it to you? Thanks
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/74712/how-to-f...
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PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 5:59:05 AM
PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 7:10:31 AM
Yes it does. Good news, I managed to resolve this issue by doing something I overlooked. All I did was reset the bios and it worked. Sorry for all your time, can't believe I overlooked it. Thank you very much! Is there anything I can do to give you +1 or something on this forum. I'm not a very experienced toms hardware poster!
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PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 7:13:39 AM
PraiseTheSun said:
Yes it does. Good news, I managed to resolve this issue by doing something I overlooked. All I did was reset the bios and it worked. Sorry for all your time, can't believe I overlooked it. Thank you very much! Is there anything I can do to give you +1 or something on this forum. I'm not a very experienced toms hardware poster! Long as you fixed it! Did you restore defaults, or remove CMOS battery?
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PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 9:51:05 AM
Best solution
PraiseTheSun
March 15, 2014 10:00:07 AM
ZombiePig
August 13, 2014 2:41:52 PM
PraiseTheSun said:
Yeah, just load default values (F9) and then save and exit (F10)Started up and boom, it found my wireless network straight away
PraiseTheSun - I just had the same issue and couldn't find a solution anywhere. Upgraded the stock HDD to a WD7500BPKX and loaded Windows 8.1 Enterprise. Really appreciate the post. Go tell it from the roof-tops!!! Open your own web site because HP sure couldn't answer it!!
HP Pavilion dv6-6c35dx Entertainment Notebook PC
Microprocessor 2.5GHz/1.6GHz VISION A8 Technology from AMD with AMD Quad-Core A8-3520M Accelerated Processor
Microprocessor Cache 4MB L2 Cache
Memory 16GB DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 MHZ (PC3 10666) (2 DIMM)
Hard Drive Western Digital 750 GB WD Black SATA III 7200 RPM 16 MB Cache
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless Connectivity 802.11b/g/n WLAN (Realtek RTL8188CE)
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