My wifi (f12) switch does not illuminate!

I have a HP Pavilion dv6 running win7. All my software and drivers are up to date and seem to work. The problem I've had is switch wifi (f12) on my computer stays off constantly and it displays an amber light. I tried everything to get wifi to work, but nothing did nothing. Whenever I'm trying to look for a network to connect to, it just says there is no connection available despite the fact that all my other devices have internet and work correctly. Help, please!

Hi StephenCourtney,

Follow the troubleshooting steps below to update your wireless driver:

1) Start > right click on computer > Device Manager.

2) Device Manager > click on the plus sign next to network adapters.

(3) right click on the wireless device and click Uninstall.

(4) restart the laptop.

(5) that the driver is installed automatically.

(6) then turn on the wireless button.

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