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Wireless button not working - can I connect anyway?

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birtha   09-30-2007 at 10:58:19 AM

The wirless button on my Compaq Presario R3000 has stopped working - it just won't switch on. Is there any way I can connect to wirless internet without having to get the lap top repaired?

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g-paw   10-01-2007 at 12:05:04 AM
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Are you talking about a physical button on the computer or an icon?

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birtha   10-01-2007 at 03:06:20 PM
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The physical button on the laptop.

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g-paw   10-01-2007 at 06:02:44 PM
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birtha wrote :

The physical button on the laptop.



I've never heard of a button on a computer for enabling a wireless connection. If the computer is turning on, check this out
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] 15&lang=en

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isal9   05-18-2008 at 01:31:13 AM
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If you are talking about the button at the bottom right of your computer. Did you find your answer?

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claaay   03-02-2009 at 09:37:08 AM
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Birtha has a wireless connection button to the left of the power button. I have one too. Many Compaqs have this button. When it works, it glows blue. My problem is that it stops working after a while. Pushing the button does not make the light come on. I must reboot and then it comes back on. The funny thing is that even though the wireless network connection icon in the tray says wireless connectivity is excellent, the light in the button is off and a browser says no connectivity. I reboot and the blue button lights up again and it's fine for a while. Anyone know anything about this?


Message edited by claaay on 03-02-2009 at 09:53:56 AM
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Anonymous   04-15-2009 at 05:55:38 PM
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I too have a similar problem. Had my notebook less than 6 months and already had the soft (not a switch) wireless button on my presario cq45 fail me. When I took it in to get repaired they restored factory settings and wiped my computer. Now the wireless button is staying orange (off) as opposed to blue (on) and this is despite the fact that the pop up icons in the bottom right corner are telling me that the wireless connection isn't working. There must be something causing this but I don't know what it is, and I'm not a favourite of having my laptop wiped again. Can anyone add some light to why this happens?

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claaay   04-15-2009 at 06:47:06 PM
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My problem with the button and a host of other annoying problems that had been bothering me for a year finally went away. The hard drive crashed. I took it to someone who put a new hard drive in it and now it's working like the day it was born. Wish I could shed more light on it than this, but I have no ideas why a hard drive that is going bad over a long period of time might cause poltergeist-like problems.

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