Wireless Not working in R400

[aneesh]

Hi,

I purchased R400 yestaerday and downgraded to XP Pro using the CD coming with the laptop. After the convertion from Vista to XP, I cant see the wireless, blutooth, finger print etc. In the device manager I can see only "1394 Net Adaptor" and "Intel (R) 82567LF Gigabit Network Adaptor". Nothing in yellow.

I downloaded the driver file 6hwc05ww and installed but still I can't see any wireless adaptor! why it is not coming automatically like other drivers? How can I install it? please help.

Thank you.

-Aneesh 

[Mikey00 · Accepted solution]

hello, when you turn on the computer do both lights(the wireless and btooth) on the front panel turn on?

[aneesh]

Hi,

Bluetooth light turns on and off during the booting but no light for wireless!

-Aneesh

[Mikey00]

LOL yeah i had the exact same problem with my R400. It looks like this scenario is getting more popular among R400 users. do you have a warranty, because it seems like you might need a new wireless adapter or motherboard or something. They're fxing mine right now so I don't know what they're changing but I guess it's either intel WiFi adapter or motherboard.

Lenovo could raise the issue onthis problem - make an announcement or something, cose this seems like a common problem.

Good luck

Mikey

[cheerfuluk]

hi guys,
I got the same problem on my laptop R400 today. I wanted to try something so removed the driver for Intel Wireless Pro. Now I have re-installed the driver (as I had downloaded it from lenovo support website and it is exact match to previously installed dirver).

Now the radio for wireless does not switch on. I can see the light on front panel for bluetooth but not for wireless one. I tried using Fn+F5 as well and it does not display enable/disable option for wireless radio.

Please do post whatever reply you get from Lenovo to sort this problem out.

Cheers,
Andrew

[aneesh]

Hi,

Mine is working now.

The wireless option was disbaled in the BIOS. Now I enabled it and is working fine.

-Aneesh

[ukhalanthar]

Hi Anees

You have said that u have activated the wireless.

I too have the same problem. I activated the wireless on BIOS and couldn't still connect.Can u just give me ur steps for installing the wirelss in windows XP.

Regards

Usman

[gnentwistle]

You need to install this driver

http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/detail.page?LegacyDocID=MIGR-77063

[edmatthews8402]

Worked like a charm.  Thanks for the tip on the correct driver to download and install.  Took 5 minutes max.