No wireless adapters installed on system

[sokerjunky]

hi im new to this... and i really need help I have a t42 thinkpad laptop... my old hard drive crashed on my laptop so i got a new one. i installed it and evertthing went fine until i tried to access my wifi. I hit the hot key Fn+f5 and it said i had not installed any adapters my laptop has intergrated wifi so i thought i didnt have to install anything... i thought it would have to be something with the drives so i went to the ibm lenovo website and got the wireless drives and installed them then i ran them and i restarted my computer. then i tried it again and it still didnt work what should i do im at my witts end trying to figure out what to do

[ausmike]

hi sok*
might be missing drivers...
go here and check for the latest driver for your relevant MODEL and Wrireless TYPE
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... -MATRIX#hp
(note there are multiple TYPES of wireless that was offered in T42 series machine - so its important to get the RIGHT DRIVER to the MATCH the 'hardware installed'))

cheers

[sokerjunky]

my laptop has a ThinkPad 802.11bg wireless LAN Mini PCI adapter i got the drivers and installed them and still nothing it says that supported drives are not installed on it.

[Harryc]

How did you install the driver? With most Lenovo/IBM install executables it is simply a zipped file, that once executed unzips it's contents into a sub folder of C:\DRIVERS\Win. You have to go in there and look for the wireless driver folder and then run the setup.

[sokerjunky]

I installed it the way lenovo said i went into the start menu hit run and typed in where the file was place the exe file and ran it. the drives installed and it told me to restart my computer so i did and the wireless was still not working

[Harryc]

Is the wireless adapter listed in device manager? Please provide a link to the drivers you installed.

[sokerjunky]

its not listed when i look it only lists Intel PRO/100/1000 LAN adapter and i got the drivers from here http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67214... but before my hard drive crashed i was able to use wifi with no problems if it helps im using win xp pro sp3

[Harryc]

Boot up a Live Linux CD and see if it works there. In Windows, even if the drivers are not installed correctly it should show up in device manager as an unknown device or some type of generic ethernet device. I suspect you have a hardware problem. The Linux CD will prove that one way or the other.

[killer]

@sokerjunky: Your problem sounds very similar to a problem I had recently with an R50e. See this: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=92356

I hope it helps.

[sokerjunky]

Hey killer thanks it did work for me my wireless is back up and running again
its a relief im always on the move so i need the wifi for my computer

[ausmike]

dang ,,,,, I NEVER used /always UNINSTALL the ThinkVantage (garbaggggge for me) Apps ,,, and never used tham from DAY ONE ,,,,except POWER MANAGER - for non Win7 ONLY >>> rest of all of them I REMOVE .... and dont even think much of the TOOLBOX" thingie !!!

dang , learn something everyday ! 2 Killer<beer> cheers matey

[killer]

@ausmike: No problem, matey. If you are ever near the Tichborne Arms then let's celebrate over those pints.

[ausmike]

Wow ,,, been up to RAF Worthy Down few times b 4
pity - didnt know ya there!
ok next trip > will PM ya

[killer]

Worthy Down is a mere sneeze from here. PM when next in the area. We can drown our sorrows or drink to our cricket teams over the Ashes.
Good luck ... but not in the cricket.

[sokerjunky]

hey guys just another quick questions lets say that the wireless adapter isnt working with windows xp can i install linux on my hard drive and then have wireless work on it?