? PRO/Wireless mini PCI card will switch

This question has been posted before, but I have not found a solution

I have installed a PRO mini-PCI card / Wireless 2915ABG in my A30. It is recognized as a card very well, but I can't turn it on. Not with the switch and or the software.

Any tips?

Hi rothirgo,

As far as I know Satellite A30 series is built with Atheros and Agere wireless card. This means that Toshiba has been test machines with just these two cards and do not support another manufacturer of the WL card for this machine. If you have the Intel card and good driver, it should work too.

Is in the device, a problem Manager? When your card has been properly installed, go to control panel > network connections. If there is Wireless Network Connection showed that it should be enabled.

If you do this, you can now search for available networks in the wireless network connection properties.

Just one last question. You have wireless on / off switch on the left side of your laptop? What Wireless Card on FN + F8 check if there is an answer.

Please let me know what you have done and are there any error messages.

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