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My network switch on my laptop wont come on? How do i fix this?
The switch on the lower left of my laptop is switched on but the light is off, it was working fine for awhile, but when i picked it up this morning, it stays off, i am using a USB adapter at the moment, what happened? The light was blue (Which means ON) but now its just orange and it is switched on but stays orange, anyway to fix this? It's a Compaw Presario V6000
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- ME*UKLv 51 decade agoFavorite Answer
eject the usb adaptor then plug it back in so windows find it again.
sometime the weather or pulling the adaptor out without ejecting properly will cause problems
good luck
- roderick_youngLv 71 decade ago
I have heard of this failure before, on a Compaq laptop. Twice.
If the laptop is still under warranty, then that's the way to get it fixed.
If not, your most cost-effective move is to buy a wireless card (cards tend to have more power than the USB versions). Basically, what you've been doing, already.
You could always open up the laptop yourself, of course. I wouldn't recommend it. A tech saavy friend could look into Device Manager and see if the wireless device is still seen by the system. If not, the wireless device inside the laptop MAY be a small board that could be reseated or replaced. But it won't be cheap. Another possibility is that the switch itself is bad.
