I hate my laptop

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I hate my laptop 2017-09-08 10:12:28 Post No. 378215
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I hate my laptop Anonymous 2017-09-08 10:12:28 Post No. 378215 [Report]

I am basically begging for either a permanent solution to this PC problem, or the sweet relief of death at this point

>laptop has a problem with the wifi card, won't be fixed by updating drivers either
>connected to a network but no access
>doesn't show alternate networks in range

Now this is fucking maddening, because until I figured something out, I had to restart the laptop, and just pray it would work (it would work about 50% of the time

>trying to fix it
>basically just fucking around
>when trying to disconnect the network, the window freezes
>quickly tap flightmode, then run diagnostic tool before the frozen window closes
>"found problem"
>"you weren't automatically connecting to some random network that you were connected to almost a year ago, on the other side of the country"
>wat
>automatically connect
>"problem not solved"
>now the wifi works

And this is not a permanent fix, I have to do it at least once a day. I hate this fucking thing with passion

Anonymous 2017-09-08 10:45:00 Post No.378219
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 10:45:00 Post No.378219 [Report]

Format it?

Anonymous 2017-09-08 10:45:47 Post No.378220
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 10:45:47 Post No.378220 [Report]

>>378215
Honestly Anon, at this point I would just reinstall Windows, drivers on windows are a shitshow and getting wifi drivers to work is fucking hell, I spent a week trying to get a wifi dongle to work with my computer before I just said fuck it and reinstalled and that magically made it work. It's probably gonna be the fastest and easiest thing to do.

Anonymous 2017-09-08 11:34:00 Post No.378227
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 11:34:00 Post No.378227 [Report]

>>378215
Y'know, I've never had a problem like that, despite using wifi since 802.11b, because my wifi cards have always had the word "Intel" in their name.

>>378215
OP, find which Intel cards your laptop whitelists, and upgrade to one. You'll never have a wifi problem again.

Anonymous 2017-09-08 11:55:19 Post No.378230
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 11:55:19 Post No.378230 [Report]

>>378219
>>378220
I have both reformatted (multiple times), and tried reinstalling Windows, but to no avail
>>378227
I'll try that, thanks

Anonymous 2017-09-08 01:19:00 Post No.378252
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 01:19:00 Post No.378252 [Report]

>>378215

Have you ever thought about "Linux Mint"?

Anonymous 2017-09-08 01:49:12 Post No.378264
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 01:49:12 Post No.378264 [Report]

This happened with my old laptop several years ago, and I just got a WiFi dongle from Radio Shack. They still exist right?

Try a Ubuntu liveCD or liveUSB and see if the WiFi works fine, no bullshit required. If not, then it's clearly a hardware problem.

Anonymous 2017-09-08 02:41:56 Post No.378289
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 02:41:56 Post No.378289 [Report]

>>378230
If reformatting didn't fix it, it's a hardware issue, Spend 10$ on an external wifi dongle or replace the one in your laptop

Anonymous 2017-09-08 03:14:19 Post No.378302
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Anonymous 2017-09-08 03:14:19 Post No.378302 [Report]

>>378264

> Try a Ubuntu liveCD or liveUSB and see if the WiFi works fine, no bullshit required.

A befriended admin recommends Knoppix for this purpose.

http://knoppix.net/get.php

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