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764656 2009-04-13 11:35:00 Reinstalled Vista OS from the recovery partition 'cause it was badly infected with virus/malware, etc. and the wireless has not been working for quite a while already. The re-installation went quite smoothly but I still can't get the machine to detect the wireless devices. The wireless switch is ON but still no wireless device detected. Downloaded the wireless driver from HP and manually installed the driver but to no avail. Could it be a hardware issue? Warranty has expired about a year ago. bk T (215)
764657 2009-04-13 11:40:00 Does the Wireless Network adapter show in device manager?

Run>devmgmt.msc
Blam (54)
764658 2009-04-13 11:44:00 Does the Wireless Network adapter show in device manager?

Run>devmgmt.msc

No.

Wonder anyone here has this HP notebook model with the wireless going OK?
bk T (215)
764659 2009-04-13 11:54:00 This is most probably a hardware issue then.

You might be able to replace the Mini PCI-E wireless card inside.

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Blam (54)
764660 2009-04-13 12:02:00 This is most probably a hardware issue then.

You might be able to replace the Mini PCI-E wireless card inside.

Blam

Replacing the mini wireless card most probably be more expensive than getting a USB wireless adaptor??
bk T (215)
764661 2009-04-13 12:16:00 Suprisingly-probably not -I've looked around alot for the model no. for the W/L card for this laptop but cannot find it. If you remember it posting it here would help

BTW, here are instructions on replacing the W/L card I managed to find:
h10025.www1.hp.com

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Blam (54)
764662 2009-04-13 12:40:00 Is there a HP support office in Auckland where I can find out the price of the mini wireless card? bk T (215)
764663 2009-04-13 12:47:00 After checking with the support manual this is the part for it:
www.trademe.co.nz

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