Wifi Indicator not working

[rayjayy]

Pardon me if I'm at the wrong section of the forums.

My machine is an LG R405. Back when I was on Vista, everything worked fine. After I installed Win7, both 6801 and 6956, I can't help but noticed that the last indicator light at the front of my computer, the wi-fi indicator, doesn't work.

There is no specific driver for this available on my manufacturer's support page. Anyone have similar issues?

 

[johngalt]

Hi, rayjayy, and welcome to the forums.

Although there may not be a *specific* driver, there will most likely be a driver *somewhere* nonetheless.

have you checked to see what needs drivers in Device Manager?

 

[rayjayy]

hi thanks for the quick reply;

there is this device called "PCI Memory Controller" that has the attention icon by it in the Device Manager, has been there since day 1. Any idea if that affects anything?

 

[johngalt]

It could -usually not, however, if the system shows Memory Controller, and in reality it is the Southbridge / Chipset driver that it needs, then that could put a damper on your Wireless since it is integrated into the laptop....

 

[rayjayy]

so i need to get myself chipset drivers? where from?

 

[johngalt]

Your laptop manufacturer's page should be a good place to start looking....

 

[rayjayy]

well i just tried installing the chipset and everything; still the same

 

[baarod]

Pardon me if I'm at the wrong section of the forums.

My machine is an LG R405. Back when I was on Vista, everything worked fine. After I installed Win7, both 6801 and 6956, I can't help but noticed that the last indicator light at the front of my computer, the wi-fi indicator, doesn't work.

There is no specific driver for this available on my manufacturer's support page. Anyone have similar issues?

Yes. The wireless indicator lamp on my son's Acer Aspire 4530 works with the preloaded Vista partition but not with the 6801 partition. The button works to toggle the wireless function but the activity indicator lamp does not light. This boiled down to an Acer preload WiFi manager application that was present on the Acer Vista preload but not, of course, on the 6801. We "coerced" the software onto 6801 but ended up removing it as it hampered the WiFi functionality. What is built into 6801 is actually better than what the manufacturer loads!

 

[rayjayy]

hmm so there is no real solution for it eh?

 

[baarod]

hmm so there is no real solution for it eh?

Please tell me what to put in the following fields and I might be able to tell you:

LG R Series - LG Global Site

 

[rayjayy]

Product: Notebook
Series: R405
Operating System: Vista (I guess)

I tried this already, but do have a go. Maybe I missed something.

 

[darkassain]

yes the wireless software pack that lg has should be the answer to your trouble...
but i think its not worth it since it would be more software to load on startup so i see it as your choice


@barod
just put the notebook
model # r405
and OS vista
then click search...
their website is messed up though when you reach it (at least on my browsers....)


-----------------------------opinion -----------------------------------
does this annoy you enough???
then install and have your laptop 100% percent working

if not then you have it working and thats it...
my two cents (i have a dime now..lol)

but thats just my opinion

 

[rayjayy]

thanks. off to try it

 

[baarod]

Maybe LGIndicator.zip?

 

[darkassain]

yes baarod that should be the one....

 

[rayjayy]

i don't see any LGIndicator.zip :S

 

[rayjayy]

found the file, installed it, but failed nonetheless

 

[darkassain]

hmm...

have you install you both the wireless driver and the chipset software from the vista version??
if not try that...

 

[rayjayy]

yep done that

 

[baarod]

Can't get a link so I put it on http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=83177