Wifi adapter

[Renejas]

Hi all nice to be here.
Now this is my scenario. .laptop acer 5349
Made image (custom)from acer laptop with 2gb,250gb hdd, win7 home prem. and restored to 500 gb Seagate hdd and added 4 more gb ram.
Everything went well..ram shows up ..hard drive good.
However. ...there is no way to make wifi adapter to work. Ive read on the back of pc model of adapter..found drivers...installed and still cannot connect to internet. I can do with cable but not wifi. I can see network computers, router..thats not a problem.
So...how can we make this thing to work?

 

[UsernameIssues]

Does the laptop keyboard Fn key?

Is there some other key that turns the wireless radio on/off when used in combination with the Fn key? Look for symbols on the function keys.

 

[Renejas]

Yeah that combination works its all,fine.At least my humble technical pc knowledge is that good��
Ive tried that..then tried reset,uninstall and still nothing.
Im thinking to try with another wifi card..broadcombcm43142,or i have another intell wifi adapter. What do u think?

 

[UsernameIssues]

I've never tried to changed cards like that in a laptop. The need has never come up.

Perhaps other forum members can chime in on how well that works.

 

[GokAy]

Perhaps boot with Linux Mint MATE DVD/USB and see if wireless works.

Is there no wireless network adapter in Device Manager - Network Adapters?

 

[Renejas]

GokAy-can i try with ubuntu or it has to be mint?
And yes there is wifi network adapter in device menager. Everything is there just for aome reason doesnt work. Is there any way because i switch hard disks or added more ram,or win x32 went to x64?

 

[GokAy]

Ubuntu should be fine.

 

[Renejas]

I just made original acer recovery and will transfer to 500gb hdd to see if it's going to work.
Update..original acer recovery on the old hdd and works everything
Now..can i create image of original from old 250gb and transfer to new hdd 500gb right? And it should work there too..

 

[Renejas]

The result is negative..still same issue with wireless adapter......

 

[Renejas]

So im waiting and waiting..someone?
Basically this is the problem:
Old hdd with original acer aspire recovery -wifi works
Same recovery installed from ext hdd on new hdd -wifi doesn't work.Anyone ?

 

[strollin]

Have you tried uninstalling the updapter then rebooting and letting it re-install?

 

[Renejas]

I did..yesterday,and it couldn't find any driver to install.
But it doesn't hurt to try again today.

 

[strollin]

That's weird that it wouldn't find the driver since it was installed before.

You could try disabling the internal wifi adapter and use a USB wifi adapter. They're not very expensive and work well.

 

[GokAy]

Sorry for late reply, busy days.

Are you trying with Ethernet cable disconnected? Some wireless adapters get disabled when a cable is sensed.