Wireless Adapter has stopped working


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
       #1

    Wireless Adapter has stopped working


    I recently did a clean installation of Windows 7 Home Premium on an old laptop of mine. I installed the driver for the wireless adapter and everything started working fine. Now, however, it seems the wireless adapter has stopped working entirely, as in, it's not a driver issue. So far, I've tried reinstalling the drivers, starting windows in safe mode with networking, and then restoring the system to a point where I knew it had been working, and none of these have worked; which leads me to the conclusion that this is a hardware-based issue. So I'm just wondering about what possibilities there are for this sort of problem to exist?
    Last edited by Pipman3000; 25 Apr 2016 at 10:21. Reason: Forgot to actually ask a question
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  2. Posts : 7,107
    W7 home premium 32bit/W7HP 64bit/w10 tp insider ring
       #2

    Hi Pipman,
    stupid questions really, if youve not got any problem devices in device manager,
    Have you set the SSID and password?, turned it on

    Roy
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  3. Posts : 1,851
    Windows 7 pro
       #3

    Have you tried it on another computer?
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  4. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    townsbg said:
    Have you tried it on another computer?
    What do you mean by it, the adapter?
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       #5

    torchwood said:
    Hi Pipman,
    stupid questions really, if youve not got any problem devices in device manager,
    Have you set the SSID and password?, turned it on

    Roy
    yes to all of those, however regarding the problem devices in device manager, I've already looked them up and the adapter isn't in the list of problem devices.
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  6. Posts : 1,851
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    Pipman3000 said:
    townsbg said:
    Have you tried it on another computer?
    What do you mean by it, the adapter?
    Yes.
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    No, I have not tried the adapter on another laptop.
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  8. Posts : 1,851
    Windows 7 pro
       #8

    Please do so that way we'll know if it is the adapter or your computer.
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  9. Posts : 5
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       #9

    Well, nothing had changed until recently, my computer blue screened with an error related to a service crashing I believe. After I restarted my computer, my adapter started working again magically. After that, I started using it until just a few minutes ago after leaving my computer alone for a while, it seems my computer crashed again as it had completely shut off and displayed the windows error message that my computer didn't shut down properly and now it has stopped working yet again. Attached to this comment is the zip file from the DM Log Collector. I censored out my username for the sake of anonymity.

    EDIT: The wireless adapter now shows up in device manager, but it says that "This device cannot start. (Code 10)"
    Wireless Adapter has stopped working Attached Files
    Last edited by Pipman3000; 07 May 2016 at 15:34.
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