If your network includes a separate broadband modem, unplug its power cord as well.Ĥ) Wait for 5 seconds, then plug the cord(s) back. Remove the battery.Ģ) Press the power button on your laptop for at least 15 seconds.ģ) Unplug the power cord for your wireless router or modem. Disconnect all external devices, such as printers, keyboard, mouse or second monitor.
The correct driver will be downloaded and you can install them as you want – either manually via Windows or automatically with Driver Easy Pro.ġ) Turn off your laptop first. With Driver Easy, the process of updating driver narrows down to only two clicks: first on the Scan Now button, second on the Updatebutton. It also helps you find the correct network adapter driver with it Offline Scan feature. It’s a tool that detects, downloads and (if you go pro) installs drivers your laptop needs.
If you are but a computer novice and have zero idea how to update your Wi-Fi adapter driver, we recommend Driver Easy. If newer driver cannot be found in this way, it is suggested that you go to HP website or the manufacturer of your wireless adapter (in our case, Realtek) and locate the driver by yourself. The following instructions require an workable Internet connection. We recommend you use Driver Easy Offline Scanfeature to locate the correct driver for your wireless adapter first.ġ) On your keyboard, press Windows key and X at the same time, then choose Device Manager.Ģ) Locate and expand Network adapters option.ģ) Then right click the wireless network adapter you have and choose Update driver.Ĥ) Select Search automatically for updated driver software.ĥ) Your PC will start the search for you. 1600MHz etc, and even a different motherboard with an inbuild graphics card like the NVIDIA or Radeon types graphics. from a spinner HDD to SSD HDD, better CPU’s from i3 or i5 to i7’s, more and faster RAM e.g.
These laptops can be upgraded at a fraction of the cost to what a new laptop costs.Įxample, you can upgrade to better and more capacity and/or faster e.g. It works perfectly and I have BT also.Īs an additional suggestion (that I’ve done to my 8yrs old laptop) is that they are very upgradable (the Intel gen 2,3,4’s) as the gen 5’s onwards are all soldered on CPU’s and can’t be upgraded. I had this problem with my Acer Aspire 5750 and I replaced the original WiFi 2.4G only card with a WiFi 2.4/5G & BT 4.0 card that added the Bluetooth as an extra option to this 8 year old laptop, now.
if damaged, replace the WiFi mini/PCIe or similar card and if you haven’t got BT (Bluetooth) get a WiFi/BT card that I’m sure is available for your laptop, they are very cheap. login router & check settings, update router firmware or try changing the password.įirst, make sure that your firewall is not blocking your internet connection (this does happen) make sure your driver is not corrupted and reinstall it again, if that dosen’t work, your card could be loose in its socket and/or damaged.
check update/uninstall the wifi network adapter driver.first thing you do is restart all devices involved in process.I don’t know which steps fixed it but i got great help from the post to help fix the problem. Now many of people here are recommended me to update the driver without understanding that when user is not even to connect with internet how can he update it unless you use cable internet or install WiFi from the driver list already installed with in computer. To fix almost any kind of wifi trouble with hp laptop you would need to know to the problems.