Sony :: Why Does My Wireless Switch Not Work
My wireless switch on my Z seems to not function.
When I turn it off, I maintain my wireless connection. The light turns off, but my connection maintains.
View Complete Thread with Replies
Sponsored Links:
Related Forum Messages:
Sony :: VAIO SZ-650N/C- Wireless Switch
I have a VAIO SZ-650N/C laptop and I cannot turn on wireless. The switch doesnt work, switching it in the on and off position doesnt light up the WLAN indicator and every time i try to connect to the internet it says "Please turn on the hardware switch and try again"
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Wireless Switch Broken (does Not Light Up)
I have an SR290 and recently I had a problem with the wireless. The wireless switch at the bottom left corner does not seem to work; when I move it to the ON position, the LED does not light up green to say that it is working. In the Device Manager, the wireless device does show up, and I can disable/enable it, and it indicates that the wireless card is still functioning. Under network connections, the network connection does show up, but it cannot detect any wireless networks. My other devices can pick up the wireless signals.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Wireless Device Switch- Windows 64 Bit
I've installed Windows 7 64 bit on my Vaio VGN-FZ340E. As this notebook comes with Vista Home Premium 32 bit, I had to find the drivers for 64 bit. So far so good, since the Vista 64 bit drivers work fine. (PS: It took some time to get all the drivers). Everything is working except for two things: the S1 button and the Wireless Device Switch. I want to disable the bluetooth, because I don't use it all the time and it takes a lot of battery when enabled. I used to disable it using this little application from Sony called Wireless Device Switch. The problem is that this application does not have the bluetooth option anymore.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Can't Get Windows 7 32 To Recognize Wireless Switch On SZ450N
I have VGN-SZ450n. I've installed The one control/utility file The 4 System component files the 3 wireless files It recognized the intel wireless from the beginning under hardware however even after installing all those files and rebooting I can't get it to recognize the switch is turned on for the wireless. In smartwi it says they are turned off. Is there a software way of turning them on?
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: TZ31, Wireless Device Switch Utility And WLAN Woes
Laptop: Sony Vaio TZ31VN Integrated Globetrotter HSDPA Wireless WAN, Bluetooth and Intel 4965AGN Wireless LAN, Windows XP SP3 (Official Sony XP Downgrade Build) This one really has me stumped - I'd appreciate any suggestions! In summary, I have a problem with my Sony VAIO TZ31 wherein I'm unable to use my WiFi. The Wireless Device Switcher utility (C:Program FilesSonyWireless Switch Setting UtilitySwitcher.exe version 4.0) no longer 'sees' my integrated WLAN card to give me the option of turning it on or off, however it does see both the Bluetooth and WWAN cards. The hardware switch on the front of the laptop is in the 'ON' position, and the Bluetooth and WWAN lights are illuminated, however the WLAN light isn't, and I can find no way of enabling it. The Bluetooth and WWAN are still working. My problem determination so far: The normal Windows Wireless Network Connection dialogue tells me immediately (i.e. doesn't seem to scan at all) that it can't find any networks and that I should check that my wireless is turned on. I have another several devices in the house that are seeing the network just fine, as does my iPhone right next to this laptop. Running an `IPCONFIG ALL` from the command line suggests that it is physically still there: Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-E0-C3-xx-xx Checking in Windows Device Manager the `Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN' entry appears with no question marks or exclamation marks telling me there's a problem or that the device is disabled. Opening up the properties dialogue for this, the drop down box on the Advanced tab says 'Wireless On'. All other properties are on the default values....
View Replies!
View Related
Dell :: E6400/5100AGN Wireless Switch
Once I turn off the wireless switch, I can't seem to turn wireless capability back on without rebooting the machine. The wifi LED remains unlighted and 'diagnose and repair' attempts do not work (telling me to turn wireless capability on by flicking the switch, which is already in the ON position). Has anyone else faced this issue? Dell Latitude E6400 Windows Server 2008 x64 (fully updated) Intel 5100 AGN (driver A02, latest as of today) Dell Wireless 370 Bluetooth (driver A13 (6.2.0.6600), latest as of today)
View Replies!
View Related
Dell :: How To Switch From Windows To Intel Wireless Client
i have been having an issue that has me perplexed, i recently did a clean install to windows 64 bit, and now i cannot seem to get the intel wirless client to work, it will only let me use the windows wireless client. I downloaded the latest drivers and utilities and software, both from the intel website and the dell site, installed both, but does not allow me to use the intel wireless client. what I am not doing correctly to activate the intel wireless client.
View Replies!
View Related
Acer :: Aspire 5590 - Wireless Stops Working And The Light Is Off And It Won't Go On When I Move The Switch
Okay so my first question is this: Right now my wireless light is on showing that it's wireless, but if I close my laptop, or if it goes to sleep, and then I go back onto my laptop the wireless stops working and the light is off and it won't go on when I move the switch. I have a Aspire 5590 My second question is: I've hooked up a second monitor to my laptop I checked the settings and it works like this, if I move my mouse to the right and keep going, my mouse appears on the second screen. How can I make it so that the start menu and everything goes from the first to the second screen that way I can close my laptop, cause if I close my laptop screen it disables the second screen also/
View Replies!
View Related
Dell :: Inspiron 9300 Wireless Will Not Work No Matter What
I have a Dell Inspiron 9300. I love the laptop. I bought it back in 2003 or 2004... can't remember! It's been a while! Anyways... I always had problems with the wireless internet. When I purchased the unit, the wireless would keep dropping speeds and lose connections randomly. I read around some forums and I swapped out the Intel 2200 wireless card for a Atheros 5001 card. No luck. Tried maybe 6 different drivers, changed many settings, and rebooted countless times. Still could not connect to the internet at all. The swap put me in a worse situation than before
View Replies!
View Related
Dell :: My Wireless Internet On My Laptop Wont Work
I have a Dell Vostro 1500, and I recently re-installed Windows Vista on it. I installed the drivers from the Dell CD that came with my laptop, along with the utilities. But my wireless won't work, it says the driver isn't installed =[ But I installed all the drivers that CD told me to. These are the utilities I installed: Dell OS Tolls Rev:A00 Dell Notebook System Software Rev:A00 .....
View Replies!
View Related
HP/Compaq :: Wireless Card That Will Work With My Laptop Beside Atheros
I have been having problem with Atheros ar5009 on dv5 for the last two weeks. I did clean install and it didnt help. I tried almost everything on the web to solve the problem but no luck. I just called Hp tech support today but they want me to do the system recovery but I couldnt do it because I did the clean install. I am thinking of replacing it with different wireless card. I don't know what is compatible with my system. I have amd turion x2 2.1 ghz. the wireless uses pci-e slot. can anyone recommend me a wireless card that will work with my laptop beside atheros? Model is dv5-1113us
View Replies!
View Related
Dell :: Will The Intel 5300 Wireless Card Work With XPS M1530?
if the Intel Ultimate-N 5300 Wireless Wifi Link Card will work on my Dell XPS M1530 laptop? I currently use the Intel 4965A AGN so i have the 3 antennas connected to it, But i can't find any confirmation that the 5300 will work with the M1530. I see that it says it's for the Centrino 2 but i don't know if it's for a certain motherboard or chipset.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Stopping Wireless Static In SZ Series (after Upgraded Wireless)
if you have an older SZ and want to add a 3rd wire, this will show you how and where to put it. So a while back I upgraded the the 4965AGN in my SZ750N to an Intel 5200, since that day, B&G has been noisy. I managed to arrange the antenna connections in such a way as to minimize it to within tolerable limits. I also talked to some experts and they said it wasn't going to hurt anything if there was a bit of static so I left it. I have known for a while that is was the white antenna lead that was causing the static. Unfortunately disconnecting it caused a drop in signal. While working on my Windows 7 guide I had a problem and had to open the laptop. While doing so I noticed the white lead and the antenna it attached to. I hadn't ever really noticed where it sat before. Sony couldn't have hardly chosen a worse place for it. Sony decided the best place for it, and I assume this is because they merely upgraded the old 2 wire wireless to 3 by adding this, is almost under the power button. Right next to... a speaker. The lead runs along a Speaker wire and puts the antenna right next to it. See pics 1 & 2................
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: TouchpadHow To Switch Off- VGN BX51XP
I have a Sony VGN BX51XP which I have just updated to Windows 7 (not an easy task after the hard drive failed) but I spent several nights trying to sort it and then my mate took about 20mins to solve! But I have the problem of my mouse cursor roaming all over the screen as soon as you rest your arms on the keyboard area. I am happy with using a usb mouse but I was wanting to know how to switch off the touchpad to stop the cursor moving around -
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Vaio Z Stamina/Speed Switch In Windows 7
Does any else have this feature working under Windows 7? I have everything functioning (incl. FN brightness and volume controls) in my partitioned install except this. I have the switch itself set to "Stamina" but neither mode even brings up the little green light beside it. It is completely unresponsive.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Hardware Radio Switch On VGN-FW270J
The wireless switch doesn't work; indication light won't turn on. Tried Smartwifi, kept prompting me to turn on the hardware switch. This also measn I can't use the bluetooth. Spoke with sony support for hours and all they could tell me is to send it for repair. I'm out of warranty. Device manager doesnt report any problem with the driver. I updated the bios. I restored settings to factory default. Nothing worked. I decided to open it up to see if i can replace the wifi board myself. But when i did get into the motherboard, it seems the wifi is internal and the hardware radio switch is broken. I checked out other motherboard photos with the same model and i noticed that there should be a tiny piece of plastic sticking out near the wifi part, next to the sd card slot. Has anyone ever successfully or "magically" able to physically turn on a broken wireless hardware switch? Is there any software switch to bypass the hardware?
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: VGN-SZ360P Speed Switch Not Responding
I recently replaced the fan on my VGN-SZ360P. It was hell, I had to remove everything just to get to it. After a few hours I was able to piece everything back together. Now my Speed switch doesn't work. I need the Speed switch to use the DVI port on my port replicator to out to my external monitor. Seems like it is stuck on Stamina mode. In order to use the DVI port I need to be in Speed mode and with the nVidia graphics card. I tried to uninstall and reinstall everything. Nothing seems to work. I contact Sony and the tech told me to do a system restore. That is going to wipe out my entire computer to factory default.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Vaio Z Doesn`t Power Off After Mainboard Switch
Yesterday a sony partner changed the mainboard in my z. Vista runs fine but the z didn´t power off! When i shutdown the system it will reboot! Hibernation and Standby also doesn´t work - the screen went black, hdd is working and after a few seconds the desktop is back! What can i do? I´ve tested some of the recovery points without success. Same problem when starting in safe mode! For information: when shut down in the bios everything is ok, also when booting from an ubuntu cd! There must be a way to fix this - i hope without doing a system restore from the dvds....
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: VAIO SZ5- Can't Switch Between Stamina/speed Mode
I have a VAIO VGN-SZ55GN but I found out that I can't switch between speed/stamina mode. I had had the intel graphic driver installed automatically after I'd installed a new OS onto the laptop but I can't get the nVidia driver to work. I tried shutting down the laptop, moved the switch to speed and turned on the laptop again but I still can't get the laptop started up w/ nVidia graphic card.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Touchpad Does Not Work After Sleep
I have VGN-Z620D running Vista, and there is a problem with the touchpad. Sometimes when the laptop wakes up from sleep, the touchpad stops responding completely. It does not happen always but still often enough to be annoying. After a restart, the touchpad works properly again.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: New NW Laptop Blu Ray Will Not Work
I got my new Sony Vaio NW 275 with blu ray and the ati 4570. I formatted the HD and installed a new copy of Windows 7 64 bit. I also have Powerdvd and Arcsoft total media theater. When I launch one of these programs it will start fine. But when I click the play button to play either a DVD or Blu-Ray the apps both crash everytime. And they are all patched up to the latest version. Am I missing something here? Did I not install something after I formatted?
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Can't Make FN Keys To Work
I have a VAIO SZ3 an I decided yo make a win vista clean install, I installed all drivers and everything works correctly except the FN+brightness or FN+ any combination. But misteriously FN+volume and mute works, I don't know why. I also realized that when I switch the button of speed and stamina the window that ask you if restart does not apear.
View Replies!
View Related
Sony :: Notebook For Work And GAMING, Which Series
What is the creme de la creme in Sony notebooks that are gaming capable? Gaming for me are Strat games, Starcraft 2, maybe Crysis.... I want something solid, and at least midrange with respect to gaming. I don't care how much it costs. I haven't checked Sony in a long long time and F series, CW, etc are confusing and I need to get up to speed quickly. Quality is paramount.
View Replies!
View Related
|
TRACKER
