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1480077 2021-08-25 06:30:00 Was given an old HP Pavilion g6 laptop. it works fine but sadly the wifi is not working. Reinstalled the OS, but still no wifi.

Is there a switch to turn it ON/OFF? Saw a key with the wifi sign, orange colour led on the keyboard, but I press it nothing happens.

Read something about it that if the light is orange, all wireless are disabled. How and where to enable it?
bk T (215)
1480078 2021-08-25 06:46:00 When I press the f12 key , the one with the orange colour wifi sign a pop up window says Airplane mode ON /Off.

Couldn't find any switch to turn the wifi ON. Google says, it's the f12 key toggle ON/Off the wifi, when wifi in ON the light changes to white....
bk T (215)
1480079 2021-08-25 07:07:00 Airplane mode needs to be off for wifi to be working. Also check there is no Fn key which will make F12 key or whatever F key have a dual function when it, the Fn key, is held down as the other F key is toggled. zqwerty (97)
1480080 2021-08-25 07:56:00 Click the network icon and make sure the wifi is enabled and looks like the attached picture KarameaDave (15222)
1480081 2021-08-25 08:25:00 Any problems with wifi show under device manager?

What shows in Network connections with available wifi
Lawrence (2987)
1480082 2021-08-25 21:19:00 KarameaDave: no wifi shown.

Lawrence: No wifi shown.
bk T (215)
1480083 2021-08-25 21:44:00 Generally as its been advised already you may need to press the FN + F12 ( or wireless) key.

Is there a Wireless Icon in the tray by the Clock ??

If its been reinstalled-- Did you actually install the Wireless Drivers ?? Not all drivers will install automatically from fresh.

To get the Drivers go to support.hp.com Enter in the model Number, open Driver/Network, download the Driver(s) And install.

Did come across one Article when having a similar problem with an HP and found:

Press Windows + x, click on System, then on Device Manager, then on Network Adapters. You should see one of the items has a down arrow on the icon. Right click on it and select Enable. For some reason, HP has disabled this suddenly! Probably after a Windows update. Weird.


Been more than once something gets disabled that shouldn't be.

If for some reason its actually Broken, go buy a USB Wireless Adaptor - Problem Solved.
wainuitech (129)
1480084 2021-08-25 22:28:00 Tried all the above, no joy.

Just 'upgraded' to Windows 10. -- that solved the wifi issue. everything works just fine. :)

Thanks folks for all the inputs.... :)
bk T (215)
1480085 2021-08-26 00:11:00 Surprised that it runs quite smoothly with only 4GB of RAM!

Only thing is, the battery is about to go, needs a replacement, but don't think I should buy one, not worth it..
bk T (215)
1480086 2021-08-26 23:41:00 Is the laptop running too hot? Hardware monitor showing:

11069

Package Temperature @50°C and
Cores Temperature @99°C

Which reading should I be more concerned, Package or Cores?

The air flow from the vent seems to be OK . The fan seems to be spinning quite fast . .
bk T (215)
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