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April 19th, 2016 12:00
M17 R1 wifi problem
Hi ! I have recently bought an Alienware M17 R1, it is quite old I'm not exactly sure how old it is but anyway, I have an ethereal cable that came with it and it works fine when plugged into my Hub, but the problem is when I take it out the Laptop doesn't pick up any of the wireless connections available, please help as I bought this as I wanted a laptop that had decent wireless. Thanks in advance
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Irongrade
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April 19th, 2016 14:00
Hi, it's a "Generic Marvell Yukon 88E055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller" & it is "working properly" , Thanks
Alienware - Rodrigo
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April 19th, 2016 14:00
Hi,
Open Device Manager and check under Network Adapters, can you confirm which network adapters you show here and if any are showing with an error?
Irongrade
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April 20th, 2016 04:00
I did some research and apparently the wifi chip in this model is known to overheat and break, I'm going to get a friend to take a look inside and see if this is the case, if so what is the best wifi chip i can replace it with ? I'm not very technical with this sort of thing, but I just want to have a decent wireless connection in the laptop, thanks
Alienware - Rodrigo
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April 21st, 2016 14:00
Hi,
Send me your Service Tag in a PM so we can check this for you.