As I said in the title, i cant get my wifi to work after doing a fresh install of windows 7 on my laptop (Acer 5750zg) i dug in the settings and found out that there are no network drivers however I downloaded them from Acer's and ohter websites and installed them. Any suggestions?
Cant get wifi to work (suspecting a driver problem)
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Tom Tancredi
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*shakes my head* Please in the future if something isn't "working" reinstalling the OS is the VERY LAST THING you do next to replacing hardware. You do not 'fresh install' Windows to 'fix things' for Windows 7 & 8.
That said, get the MANUAL for this laptop, look up the MANUAL WIFI ENABLING/DEACTIVATING either 'switch' or combo on your keyboard. THAT was a HARDWARE setting, and even with a fresh Windows install wouldn't override it being 'manually' turned off.
That said, get the MANUAL for this laptop, look up the MANUAL WIFI ENABLING/DEACTIVATING either 'switch' or combo on your keyboard. THAT was a HARDWARE setting, and even with a fresh Windows install wouldn't override it being 'manually' turned off.
I'll be more specific this time, when I check the network drivers it says that everything is up to date (i checked it manually too) yet when i look at the taskbar where it shows internet connection there's a red cross and I cant choose any wifi networks to connect to. I also tried plugging in ethernet cable, but there only was a yellow ! sign and no connection.
By the way sorry for my poor English.
Tom Tancredi
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So did you GO to Acer's Website? http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers
If you did and searched for your model there is 1 Wired driver listed and 3 different Wireless drivers. I don't know which one is the correct one, but your WIRED connection should have worked first as the correct driver.
If you clicked on the documents which provides a PDF version of your QUICK GUIDE you got with the laptop, as I SAID TO DO, you would go to page 6 and it states
"<Fn> + <F3> Communication Enables/disables the computer’s communication devices."
So if you accidentally did that key combination you disabled it that way, also check your BIOS configuration to ensure WIFI is enabled as well.
If your completely lost with ALL this, then you need to take it to a Tech Service to assist, because you need at least a basic technical understanding to do all your trying to attempt.
If you did and searched for your model there is 1 Wired driver listed and 3 different Wireless drivers. I don't know which one is the correct one, but your WIRED connection should have worked first as the correct driver.
If you clicked on the documents which provides a PDF version of your QUICK GUIDE you got with the laptop, as I SAID TO DO, you would go to page 6 and it states
"<Fn> + <F3> Communication Enables/disables the computer’s communication devices."
So if you accidentally did that key combination you disabled it that way, also check your BIOS configuration to ensure WIFI is enabled as well.
If your completely lost with ALL this, then you need to take it to a Tech Service to assist, because you need at least a basic technical understanding to do all your trying to attempt.
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