kalcutta Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I just installed vista ultimate and now my laptop will not find wireless networks. how do i fix this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalcutta Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 I should add the comp is a acer aspire 4720z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 Have you loaded all of the required drivers for the motherboard and other hardware? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted July 22, 2010 Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 If you are missing any drivers, you can get them here./>http://support.acer-euro.com/drivers/notebook/as_4720.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalcutta Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I was told to download the atheros driver but when i started to install it said i need to plug it in! when i look in the devive manager i have 2 base system devices with an exclamation point and also the network controller and an unknown device. could someone please do a remote assistance with me if i cant figure this out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalcutta Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I just looked at the list to manually install the driver but theres like 50 of them to choose from for the network controller and i dont know which one to pick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Is your Vista 32bit or 64bit ?Is this clearer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalcutta Posted July 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 alright i did this with my aspire 5517, i downloaded the atheros driver for mine and according to acer the aspire 4720z has atheros too. i downloaded it but still no wireless for 4720z, it worked fine for 5517 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 All the Vista Ultimate 32bit Drivers they do for that model 4720z you quoted :Try the Broadcom LAN driver 10.46.0.0They also havs a choice of Wireless drivers - try them all - one should work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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