[brycrip]

I had this issure before and fixed it but can't remember what I did!

The laptop is Asus K53E with Win7 as the OS. I'm using the power saver mode. When I first power up, the WiFi is turned off. The Win Troubleshooter will turn it on but off it goes again after about 30 seconds. Someone suggested the power savings for the wifi device in Device Manager... now I can't find it!

 

Can someone jog my old foggy memory for me?

 

Much appreciated.

 

Bry

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Hi brycrip

When you go in the Device Manager, under Network Adapter, right-click on your Network Adapter (WiFi) name and select Properties. From there, do you have a tab named Power Management?

[Aura]

Hi brycrip

When you go in the Device Manager, under Network Adapter, right-click on your Network Adapter (WiFi) name and select Properties. From there, do you have a tab named Power Management?

[brycrip]

Thanks for your help, Aura... No, Power Manager does not appear under Network Adapters,  Properties.

Bry

[Aura]

What tabs do you have under Properties? Also, what's the name of your Network Controller in the Device Manager?

[brycrip]

Tab just says General and then Network Adapters. Controller is: Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.20)

 

Sound right?

 

Bry

[Aura]

This is your Ethernet Controller, for your ethernet connection (wired, ethernet cable). Not your Network Controller (wireless adapter, WiFi). Do you have any other devices showing under Network Adapters? If so, which ones?

[brycrip]

I got:

Intel®Contrino® Wireless-N100

Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adaptor

Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adaptor #2

 

Sorry, I'm working from a small cafe in the Dominican Republic and will continue with you tomorrow. Thank you for your patience and your help with this.

 

All best, Bry

[Aura]

No problem bry Your Network Controller is the Intel Centrino Wireless-N100 one so you should check if this one have a Power Management tab under Properties. See you tomorrow!

[brycrip]

It does! But under Power Management the "Allow computer to turn off device to save power" is UNchecked. As is "Allow device to wake the computer."

Thanks, Aura...

Bry

[Aura]

Alright, go on the following webpage:

http://support.asus....guage=en&m=K53E

This is the drivers download webpage for your specific ASUS laptop model. Select Windows 7 64-bits as the OS, then under Wireless download the 4th driver, Intel® WiFi Wireless LAN Driver. Once downloaded, install it and restart your computer.

[brycrip]

Nope... I downloaded the forth one down, "Intel®WiFi Wireless LAN Driver ...the file, when selected was called WiFi Intel Family Win 7 64 214113-1.zip. I downloaded and rebooted but the WiFi Radio didn't start on a couple of reboots. Did I download the right driver? I went back and checked the "turn off device to save power" in Device Manager, still unchecked.

 

Anything else I can try?

 

Thanx,

Bry

[Aura]

After you downloaded that file (the .zip), did you extract it and installed the drivers or you simply downloaded it?

[brycrip]

Simply downloaded it.

[Aura]

Alright, if you extract the .zip file, do you have a file called "setup.exe" inside it?

[brycrip]

No. There are two files: Drivers and Install. In the install folder there is Lang, Intel PROset wireless, Setup, and Setup.