Atheros Wireless Card Not Working!

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I just installed windows 7, was a completely fresh installation. I wiped the harddrive, installed the OS and for the most part it went well. I did run into one issue. All drivers installed correctly except the one for my wireless card. In device manager it shows up as properly installed (no yellow triangles). I've already tried a manual install of the driver downloaded directly from toshiba. I've tried windows xp and vista drivers for the same card to see if they would work, but to no avail.

The wireless card is an Atheros AR5007EG
My system information is as follows:

Manufacterer: Toshiba
Model: Satellite L305-S5875
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual T2390 @1.86, 1.87 GHz
Memory: 3.0 GB
Hard Disk: 200 GB

*note: my ethernet connection does work. I've tried the windows troubleshooter for my wireless card, but it didn't really help. I've also uninstalled the driver for the wireless card and restarted multiple times to let windows re-install it, but my wireless internet still doesn't work. It displays "no connections available" but my card is enabled with full bars, and appears to be functioning properly. Any ideas?
 

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Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz
Memory
3.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Chipset
Monitor(s) Displays
Lcd
Hard Drives
200GB
I have pretty much the same system

Other than the fact that my processor is AMD, I have the same system and the Atheros 5700EG. I can connect, but I cannot automatically reconnect. Each time I turn on the machine or I logon, I must reconnect manually. What a pain. What is your driver version?

I suspect that there may be a driver problem and that it is worse in your case. Rarely, but it does happen, my first attempt at connection fails as you described, but repeated retries seems to be successful. I noticed that instead of left clicking and trying to connect, right clicking and going to the full network center for connection works almost flawlessly.
 

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Toshiba Satellite
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win7 premium
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AMD athlon
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Toshiba
Memory
4 GB
Graphics Card(s)
built in
Sound Card
built in
Monitor(s) Displays
built in
Hard Drives
300 GB built in
kbwent said:
I just installed windows 7, was a completely fresh installation. I wiped the harddrive, installed the OS and for the most part it went well. I did run into one issue. All drivers installed correctly except the one for my wireless card. In device manager it shows up as properly installed (no yellow triangles). I've already tried a manual install of the driver downloaded directly from toshiba. I've tried windows xp and vista drivers for the same card to see if they would work, but to no avail.

The wireless card is an Atheros AR5007EG
My system information is as follows:

Manufacterer: Toshiba
Model: Satellite L305-S5875
CPU: Intel Pentium Dual T2390 @1.86, 1.87 GHz
Memory: 3.0 GB
Hard Disk: 200 GB

*note: my ethernet connection does work. I've tried the windows troubleshooter for my wireless card, but it didn't really help. I've also uninstalled the driver for the wireless card and restarted multiple times to let windows re-install it, but my wireless internet still doesn't work. It displays "no connections available" but my card is enabled with full bars, and appears to be functioning properly. Any ideas?
Click to expand...

Check for drivers at:

Laptop Support - Toshiba
 

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OS
ME/XP/Vista/Win7
TimHood said:
Other than the fact that my processor is AMD, I have the same system and the Atheros 5700EG. I can connect, but I cannot automatically reconnect. Each time I turn on the machine or I logon, I must reconnect manually. What a pain. What is your driver version?

I suspect that there may be a driver problem and that it is worse in your case. Rarely, but it does happen, my first attempt at connection fails as you described, but repeated retries seems to be successful. I noticed that instead of left clicking and trying to connect, right clicking and going to the full network center for connection works almost flawlessly.
Click to expand...

Check for drivers at:

Laptop Support - Toshiba
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
OS
ME/XP/Vista/Win7
No change

As mentioned, i've already downloaded the driver from toshiba and tried to install... no effect. I don't even have the capability to connect to a wireless network - it doesn't recognize any. I'm not sure what else I could possibly do. I may have to go back to vista, unfortunately
 

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Windows 7Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz3.0 GBIntel Chipset
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz
Memory
3.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Chipset
Monitor(s) Displays
Lcd
Hard Drives
200GB
kbwent said:
As mentioned, i've already downloaded the driver from toshiba and tried to install... no effect. I don't even have the capability to connect to a wireless network - it doesn't recognize any. I'm not sure what else I could possibly do. I may have to go back to vista, unfortunately
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Are your FN shortcuts working?
 

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ME/XP/Vista/Win7
OS
ME/XP/Vista/Win7
yeah, everything works, including the FN keys. I also have full media control (media keys working as well)
 

My Computer My Computer

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Windows 7Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz3.0 GBIntel Chipset
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz
Memory
3.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Chipset
Monitor(s) Displays
Lcd
Hard Drives
200GB
Not working either

Hi,

I have a Futjitsu Siemens and after happily installing Windows 7, I also have a non working network card. Any ideas on how to fix this issue. I heard installing older drivers might help, but Windows 7 is not letting me.

Kind regards,

Marc
 

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W7dsfdsfdsf
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
sfd
OS
W7
CPU
dsf
Motherboard
dsf
Memory
dsf
Graphics Card(s)
dsf
Sound Card
sdf
Monitor(s) Displays
sdf
Hard Drives
sdf
PSU
dsf
Case
sdf
Cooling
dsf
Fix

well, I no longer have the toshiba. The POS fried its motherboard under normal usage. I suspect it was just a really unhappy laptop. In any case, I was eventually able to get the wireless working (before the motherboard incident of course). What did it take?

A clean re-install of seven. Full hard-drive wipe and custom install. After the fresh install, it found all of its drivers automatically. I have no explanation for why it works, it just did. Prior, I tried everything - older drivers, new drivers, windows update - EVERYTHING. Nothing worked until re-installation.

My suggestion: wipe it. re-install seven, should work perfectly. Just make sure to back up all of your important data first

Best of luck to you
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz3.0 GBIntel Chipset
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
OS
Windows 7
CPU
Intel Dual Core @1.86 GHz
Memory
3.0 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Intel Chipset
Monitor(s) Displays
Lcd
Hard Drives
200GB
fn + F1

fn + F1 did it for me. Inconvenient but at least itworks
 

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W7dsfdsfdsf
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
sfd
OS
W7
CPU
dsf
Motherboard
dsf
Memory
dsf
Graphics Card(s)
dsf
Sound Card
sdf
Monitor(s) Displays
sdf
Hard Drives
sdf
PSU
dsf
Case
sdf
Cooling
dsf
mschipperheyn said:
Hi,

I have a Futjitsu Siemens and after happily installing Windows 7, I also have a non working network card. Any ideas on how to fix this issue. I heard installing older drivers might help, but Windows 7 is not letting me.

Kind regards,

Marc
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Might be able to help if we knew what your hardware is. What network card are we looking for?
 

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HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
i have got the same with the zigzag3143's problem... i need immediate solution!!! what can you offer???
 

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Windows 8 Pro x86 x64
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Windows 8 Pro x86 x64
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