The wifi light remains red, but it still connects, is this a fault brewing ?ps,it's a compaq laptop

Fn+12 is dead, say that to be clear ok, double posted too.
I guess you never seen this PC on wifi ever before>?(not told)
working wifi?????????????????????

1. the card wifi not missing or just bad. antennas fell off?
2. card driver not missing. wifi.
3. F12 key board driver not missing (extensions)
4. w7 still as was new? or replaced.? not w10 wrecked?

the bad news is HP ended support for this PC.
ZERO SUPPORT NOW.
only googling and endless infected websites , like it.

plug desktop in to the wifi router using ethernet cable

i lost my password

check your connection from the screen, the connections sometimes loose and the screen will
be totally blank

You have done an excellent job of diagnosing a MotherBoard fault. This is undoubtably the problem. Have you removed all/any cards attached too, like say the WiFi?

check if drivers are installed..
if drivers are installed then go to control panel and network connection if xp then right click on wireless network connection and disable and then enabe it..if this solve problem... otherwise check for drivers..

did you refer to the wifi light? actually wifi radio receiver is a manual thing and you should turn it ON and OFF manually. Im not sure with the model you described but try to look for a slide or push button with the wifi icon (an antenna with 3 waves). then try to see if the wifi led is lit. Another way, if your device is soft touch, then there is no hard press button for it. it will be a combination of FN + a function key (look at the function key with the wifi icon)

Usually, new laptops now have a toggle switch for wifi. It means you have to switch your wifi ON so that it will start receiving signal and transmitting data to your router. Just locate your wifi switch and turn it ON.

Regards

Reset your roter then configure again.
reset switch in back side of router press it for 10 seconds.
then if u dont know how to confiure let me know.

hi , r u using win xp or vista, if u r using win xp , then its one of the compatiblity issue of this notebook with win xp. wifi will work but the led will always be red.
sunder singh