No Wireless Connection

[rickyhayward]

Hello, yesterday my laptop was turned on, my led screen had fell of and had disconnected, laptop then had the connector button below touchpad flashing, I then reattached led screen and my laptop was working fine. However since then I've not been able to connect to a wireless connection at all? It seems with wireless has been turned off yet this ridiculous thing doesn't have any simple option to go about fixing it. I cant use FN+F8 as for some reason it doesn't do anything like it previously did. I've had this laptop for about two years and never had a problem until yesterday. I have absolutely no idea as to what to do to fix it. This is a Window 7 64bit Toshiba Satellite (Unsure on specific name) Please help!

Update:

I just googled to do it, seemed quite straight forward, this is what it said to do:

Go to the Start Menu and select Control Panel. ...
Click the Network and Internet category and then select Networking and Sharing Centre. ...
From the options on the left-hand side, select Change adapter settings. ...
Right-click on the icon for Wireless Connection and click enable.
How to turn wireless connectivity on or off in Windows 7 - P

However all I have that shows up there is a 'local area connection' no wireless connection?

 

[rickyhayward]

I also have no backup system so I cannot do a system restore

 

[maxie]

Hi Welcome to Seven Forums .. What is the Model Number of your Laptop ? ...

Does the Wireless adapter show in the Device Manager ?

 

[rickyhayward]

Hi Welcome to Seven Forums .. What is the Model Number of your Laptop ? ...

Does the Wireless adapter show in the Device Manager ?

Hello, it's a Toshiba Satellite R830 and the wireless adapter does not show in the device manager

 

[maxie]

Boot into the BIOS and see if it is enabled there ... It is easy enough to get your Function Keys working ... Not much point though at the moment ..

 

[rickyhayward]

Boot into the BIOS and see if it is enabled there ... It is easy enough to get your Function Keys working ... Not much point though at the moment ..

Sorry but.how do you boot into the BIOS?

 

[maxie]

It should be F2 at startup

 

[rickyhayward]

It should be F2 at startup

Okay, I pressed F2 but on there there is only two options, what should I be doing whilst on that screen?

 

[maxie]

It should be some where under Advanced Settings ..

 

[rickyhayward]

It should be some where under Advanced Settings ..

Okay, this is what shows up on advanced settings?

 

[rickyhayward]

It should be some where under Advanced Settings ..

This also

 

[maxie]

You can try the following shut down your Laptop ... Remove the power adapter and also the battery ..

Then press the power button that starts you Laptop and hold down for 10 seconds ..


Reassemble and see if it is showing then ...

 

[rickyhayward]

You can try the following shut down your Laptop ... Remove the power adapter and also the battery ..

Then press the power button that starts you Laptop and hold down for 10 seconds ..


Reassemble and see if it is showing then ...

Just tried it and it's not working. I deleted something yesterday in an attempt to try and fix it but I think it may well have been the actual wireless driver

 

[maxie]

Did your Laptop originally have Windows 8 ?

 

[rickyhayward]

Did your Laptop originally have Windows 8 ?

Nope, always been Windows 7!

 

[maxie]

Drivers are in the Link below ..

Driver Downloads - Computers | Toshiba - Toshiba

How did the screen fall off

 

[rickyhayward]

Drivers are in the Link below ..

Driver Downloads - Computers | Toshiba - Toshiba

How did the screen fall off

I'll give them a go! and the plastic screen that keeps the led screen in place have snapped so it just falls through the bottom!

 

[rickyhayward]

Drivers are in the Link below ..

Driver Downloads - Computers | Toshiba - Toshiba

How did the screen fall off

Thanks a lot for the drivers link, which specific one would I need to download?

 

[maxie]

Only see the one for the Wireless > Intel PROSet/Wireless Software

 

[rickyhayward]

Only see the one for the Wireless > Intel PROSet/Wireless Software

Done! Do I now just restart laptop?