My Fn + F8 button wont work on my Toshiba Laptop

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rey_rivers

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The button next to the mute, volume up, volume down, etc. won't work either when I press it. When I try FN+F8 it says "Wireless communication is disabled. Please turn on the wireless comm. switch" Right now I have the ethernet cable plugged in. How can I fix this?
TOSHIBA SATELLITE M645
 
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aweosme8010

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Pretty much the same thing as TwistedFury. You are lucky to provide us with the ethernet part of the issue. If the ethernet is plugged in, the wireless card will be disabled and ignored as the computer recognized a wired connection (ethernet) as a primary. Only will the Fn+F8 work AFTER you unplug the cable. Hope this helps, and have a good rest of your week! :)
 
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pedro pires

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Hi,
My laptop didnt enable the wifi with the fn+f8 key.
I even reset the cmos and nothing.
Then I went to toshiba drivers website and after installing the "thku" "toshiba hotkey utility" the fn+f8 start working and enable/disable the wifi. It now shows a popup windows when I press the fn+f8 key.

Before the wifi led was always off. Windows detected the wifi device but nothing on the wifi available list.
Now the led is always on, starts orange when I turn on the pc and blue when connected.

I have a Toshiba L500 Laptop with no wifi switch
 
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SpeedyHotRodRT

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I have a solution that i found on the net. I had the same problem except, my satellite was brand new, and even when i would use the function keys, nothing would work. So, first disconnect your laptop from power, remove the battery, and press the power up button while holding it down for atleast 30 seconds. i know it sounds weird, but that's what i thought at first, and it worked. Of course while holding down the power button, nothing will come on as there is no power source. after you're done, put the battery back on and connect the laptop to power, then switch on the laptop, your wifi should be working. Although, you should always have the battery atleast half, or connect the laptop to power when using wifi. however, that's how i dealt with it. Hope it helps and works. post back if it does
 
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trulyal

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Very simple but took me 6 hours to figure it out go to start menu, click computers,program files,double click Tosiba, double click TBS, scroll down click TBSWireless and it automatic turns it on. ope this works it did for me
 
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