Built-in WiFi Card Missing Solved

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Hello,

During the night, my laptop (Compaq Presario V6000) lost its WiFi card.
The day before, I was connecting without any issues, and yesterday morning, it was gone; the card was no longer there.
Yet I didn't do anything special.
The icon indicates that a cable is unplugged, and in the settings, there's nothing left.
I called my ISP, who tested the line and said everything is fine.

Does anyone know, please, why it disappeared and above all, how to recover it?

Thank you for your help.

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epango · Accepted Answer

Hello,

This is not a 1394 network card. Maybe it's the NVIDIA nForce Networking controller. But there are no errors indicated (! or? yellow in front)? I really don't know. Is the network icon displayed on the taskbar?

Best regards.

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epango · Answer

Hello,

Have you checked in the device manager if it is displayed with or without a yellow ! or? If that's the case, it's a driver issue that needs to be reinstalled.

Best regards.

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poupousnoisette · Answer

Désolé, je ne peux pas traiter ce texte.

epango · Answer

Hi,

Go to Device Manager (right-click on My Computer, click on Properties, then Hardware and Device Manager). Expand "Network," and you should see your WIFI network adapter displayed. If there is a yellow ? or !, you will need to reinstall the driver.

To reinstall the driver, if you have a CD with drivers, you can use it or go to the manufacturer's website (HP or the WIFI card manufacturer, likely Broadcom). In principle, you should also have a small partition reserved for recovery on your hard drive.

See you soon
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Titipapounet · Answer

Hello,

I contacted HP Wireless assistance. For those who are interested, live intervention
They had me perform a BIOS update for the motherboard, it didn't work.
My computer needs repair.
They will intervene: this intervention is free even beyond the one-year warranty (good to know).

Have a good day and thank you for your help

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lilou69003 · Answer

It's me again
I contacted HP support thanks to the link from titapounet.
They told me that the problem is due to a poor connection, which is common in the V6000 models.
A courier is coming tomorrow to pick up my laptop.
They'll take about a week and they'll send it back to me, all for free (thankfully!)
That's the answer to all our problems, the only solution is to send your computer back to get a soldering repair!
Have a nice afternoon everyone

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