Lenovo can't detect built-in wireless?

hschultz

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Jul 1, 2012
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10,510
I can't connect to the internet via my Lenovo's built in wireless--only wired. It's on, but I still can't see it under 'devices' or from the icon tray.
 

hschultz

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Jul 1, 2012
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Ok, I'm good on the first two (and I know the drivers were installed--it's my son's laptop and wireless worked fine for the first few months, but now he's obviously done something to hose it up). How/where do I download the correct wireless driver(s)? Thanks!
 
first check the device manager and see if there are any yellow circle icons. this will tell you if a driver is not installed properly.

Please visit the manufacturer's website to download the drivers for your device. You can use google to find the manufacturer's website if you do not know it. In the support section download the drivers for your specific make and model of the device for your version of Windows.

Note: If the manufacturer only lists drivers for Windows XP and not for Windows Vista or Windows 7, that means the device is unsupported or incompatible with the unlisted operating systems.

If you do NOT know the make & model of your device you can Search by Vendor / Device code as shown in device manager.
In the device manager, for the device you need driver for, Right click properties for the device, go in details for the device driver.
You will see a code like per example VEN_8086&DEV_27D8&SUBSYS...

The VEN code means vendor and the DEV code means device: in this case the vendor is 8086 and the device is 27D8.

Once you have the two codes, go to www.pcidatabase.com.
Enter the two codes and you should get the name of your hardware. From there you can search for a driver download for your hardware.