Wireless Adapter driver not working .  

I use Toshiba Satellite L645-S4056. I lost my recovery partition so i installed windows 7 from another DVD. Previously my laptop had home premium but i installed ultimate with a DVD. After installing computer doesnot detect any Network adapter. It doesnot even show wireless adpater in device manager so i cannot install specific driver. I went to toshiba website downloaded an exe file that install wireless driver specific to my model but still it does not recognize. While troubleshooting it says cannot detect any properly installed network adapter. Is it because of home premium and ultimate conflict ?? How do get proper driver and install it ?? Please help ASAP !! Thanks in advance

I downloaded and installed it myself...I didn't get any DVDs by toshiba,,,

wanchoo said:

This appears quite strange. If the Network Controller is properly installed then it should have been shown as working in Device Manager. Please fill your System Specs fully. Also please download your Wireless LAN Driver from Realtek Wireless LAN Driver for Windows 7 (32/64) and install it after carefully reading the material on the Web-Page.

If the Device Manager shows that the Ethernet or the Network Controller is properly installed then connect to the Net with the correctly working Controller. This is the best I can suggest without full knowledge of your System Specs.

We shall worry about the other connection after that.

Thanks for suggestion. I already tried the driver u suggested. It didn't work.Some of friend suggested that i should find motherboard chipset driver first. I am a newbie. I dont what that is or where can i find it.
This is laptop specification from official site:
Toshiba Satellite® L645D-S4056 14.0" widescreen Laptop (Silver) | Laptops | Computers | us.toshiba.com
More specific model number :
Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4056 PSK0QU-01200D
What is more intresting is,since,windows didn't worked well i installed kubuntu(linux). In linux it instantly recognized my every device and every thing works perfect. Even wireless network device. Here is my detailed system specs from kubuntu console :
description: Computer
width: 64 bits
capabilities: vsyscall32
*-core
description: Motherboard
physical id: 0
*-memory
description: System memory
physical id: 0
size: 3698MiB
*-cpu
product: AMD Turion(tm) II P540 Dual-Core Processor
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
size: 2400MHz
capacity: 2400MHz
width: 64 bits
capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp x86-64 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt nodeid_msr npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save cpufreq
*-pci:0
description: Host bridge
product: RS880 Host Bridge
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: Toshiba America Info Systems
vendor: Toshiba America Info Systems
physical id: 1
bus info: pci@0000:00:01.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:b000(size=4096) memory:f4100000-f42fffff ioport:e0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RS880M [Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series]
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=fglrx_pci latency=0
resources: irq:18 memory:e0000000-efffffff ioport:b000(size=256) memory:f4200000-f420ffff memory:f4100000-f41fffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:7000(size=16384) memory:f3100000-f40fffff ioport:f0000000(size=16777216)
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 1c:65:9d:93:77:9e
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=rtl8192ce driverversion=3.2.0-23-generic firmware=N/A ip=192.168.2.8 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bgn
resources: irq:16 ioport:7000(size=256) memory:f3100000-f3103fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:f3000000-f30fffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: AR8152 v1.1 Fast Ethernet
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:08:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c1
serial: 60:eb:69:86:cb:7e
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.1.0-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:43 memory:f3000000-f303ffff ioport:6000(size=128)
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 11
bus info: pci@0000:00:11.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ahci latency=64
resources: irq:19 ioport:c038(size=8) ioport:c04c(size=4) ioport:c030(size=8) ioport:c048(size=4) ioport:c010(size=16) memory:f4307000-f43073ff
*-usb:0
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 12
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:f4306000-f4306fff
*-usb:1
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 12.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:12.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:f4307600-f43076ff
*-usb:2
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 13
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:f4305000-f4305fff
*-usb:3
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 13.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:13.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:f4307500-f43075ff
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: SBx00 SMBus Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.0
version: 42
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
configuration: driver=piix4_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:0
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.2
version: 40
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=snd_hda_intel latency=64
resources: irq:16 memory:f4300000-f4303fff
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.3
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 14.4
bus info: pci@0000:00:14.4
version: 40
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 15
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 ioport:2000(size=16384) memory:f2000000-f2ffffff ioport:f1000000(size=16777216)
*-usb:4
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ohci bus_master
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:18 memory:f4304000-f4304fff
*-usb:5
description: USB controller
product: SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 16.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=64
resources: irq:17 memory:f4307400-f43074ff
*-pci:1
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 101
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:2
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Address Map
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 102
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.1
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:3
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 103
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.2
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-pci:4
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 104
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.3
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=k10temp
resources: irq:0
*-pci:5
description: Host bridge
product: Family 10h Processor Link Control
vendor: Hynix Semiconductor (Hyundai Electronics)
physical id: 105
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.4
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
*-scsi
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@4
logical name: scsi4
capabilities: scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
I dont have any kind of discs from manufacturers.

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wanchoo said:

As far as the Motherboard Chip-set Drivers are concerned I am not so sure that they have anything to do with your problem and they should be already there. But you can get them for your 64-bit version from AMD Turion(tm) II P540 Dual-Core Processor Driver Download - PC Pitstop Driver Library. However before trying to install, please try what I suggest below.

Have you tried downloading and installing the WiFi driver from Realtek RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows - HP Customer Care (United States - English). If not then please try.

If you have an Ethernet connection possibility then try downloading and installing the driver from Realtek 10/100 Ethernet Driver - download tag - Softpedia.

What is their state in Device Manager now? Can you connect to the Net?

Thank You Wancho...The driver above worked like charm...My wireless adapter is working perfectly..Thank You soo much....Thank you for your help...you will always be remembered. :)

Wanchoo..which driver of the 3 above suggested is the one that work? I accidently deleted the atheros file. Put it back on but still no wireless. It says something about the wirelss adapter. I looked in mgr n there is atheros n ethernet controller. That's it. My laptop is a samsumsung r480. Thank u 4any help.