My WiFi connection with my laptop is breaking up intermittantly

ssal

ssal

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Starting this week, my 8 year old Toshiba Satellite laptop would lose connection with the Wifi.

I have to go to network setting and turn of the wifi and turn it back on and it will reconnect again. But it would drop the connection when I am not using it or when I am using the laptop, but not actively accessing the web.

Any suggestion?
 
I'd also replace the card if this happens on all ssids. They're pretty cheap and a decent opportunity to put a better one in there.
 
beers said:
I'd also replace the card if this happens on all ssids. They're pretty cheap and a decent opportunity to put a better one in there.
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Provided its not whitelisted.. I know I ran into it before on both Toshiba and Lenovo notebooks where they just will not accept a different wifi chip...like the notebooks wouldnt even boot up. I'm sure some of you know a way to crack that, but I sure don't.
 
How do you replace a wireless chip in a laptop? Is it something that I can unplug and replug a new one?
Or would that be better to buy a USB wifi adapter? If so, do I have to turn off/or disable the wifi in the machine?
 
Wireless cards are small little chips that basically plug into a pcie slot and then 2 small wires get attached to it.

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They are usually very easy to access and change out for most models.
 
ssal said:
How do you replace a wireless chip in a laptop? Is it something that I can unplug and replug a new one?
Or would that be better to buy a USB wifi adapter? If so, do I have to turn off/or disable the wifi in the machine?
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In your case, and given the age of the laptop, I'd recommend a USB wifi adapter. It's gonna be the easiest, pretty much sure fire way to go for you, and doesn't require opening the back or fiddling with the antenna leads.

Grab a decent wireless AC usb dongle and be done with it!!

Just disable your current internal wifi, and connect to the usb stick!! Done and Done!!:cool:
 
Just went on YouTube and viewed a couple of how to. It looks like something I can handle.
Went on eBay and found that the replacement (used) is about $5.
That would be pretty painless.

Thanks.
 
ssal said:
Just went on YouTube and viewed a couple of how to. It looks like something I can handle.
Went on eBay and found that the replacement (used) is about $5.
That would be pretty painless.

Thanks.
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Hopefully it not a whitelisted chip and the laptop doesn't boot up.
 
For under $5, it is worth a try. If it doesn't work, I can always order another one.
BTW, what is a whitelisted chip?
 
ssal said:
For under $5, it is worth a try. If it doesn't work, I can always order another one.
BTW, what is a whitelisted chip?
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I'm going say this poorly, basically some laptop boards wont allow the wireless chip to be swapped out, or only certain 'approved' devices. I think I have the name right. Anyhow, I've run into issues on Toshibas and Lenovos where it wouldn't boot after an attempted wireless chip change.
 
If I take the current one out from my laptop and order the identical part, would that work?
I think there are tons of them on eBay to choose from.
 
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