Can't get into bios to turn on wireless. Help!

Check your function keys, Typically all laptops even those that have a wireless switch has a way to turn on your wireless card using Function Plus the key assigned to your laptop. check the keyboard for the wireless icon and press function and that key.

there is usually a bios setting for the wireless card, but sometimes there is another hardware switch that needs to be turned on.

Have you checked to make sure the wireless device is enabled in the BIOS? The device is sometimes becomes disabled in the BIOS after system updates.

it is not in bios but in control panel under system under device drivers under network
if you see red next to wireless you need to enable
otherwise lot of laptops also have a small switch which turns on/off wireless

There should either be a physical switch somewhere on the side of the laptop or by using the FN + a certain key to activate it. Look at the F keys for an image similar to wireless then try that. If the above does not work, its probably turned off in the BIOS. Access BIOS and turn it on.

Check the BIOS to ensure the wireless card is detected. Also verify the Wireless setting is turned on and not set to Always Off.
If the Bluetooth device is installed, also verify the radio LED is enabled. You can turn the wireless and Bluetooth cards on or off with the wireless switch.
If the card does not show up in the BIOS or Device Manager, try reseating the card.

Hello: Is your wireless indicatior lit up. There is a button on the left hand side for turning the wireless on and off, make sure its in the on posistion. Also try going into the Bios setup and turning the wireless adapter off. Reboot machine with it off in bios setup. shutdown the computer an reenabel it in the Bios and save the settings, make sure the switch is turned on also. Check you system information screen and see if its reconizing the wirless adapter.
Also check Toshiba"s website for any updated drivers for the adapter it detects in system Information. Run the wireless setup wizard.


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It's possible that the wireless driver is not installed or the wireless card is turned off in the bios or defective.

1. Check if the the driver is installed. Go to start. Right click 'My computer'. Left click properties. click hardware. click device manager. If there is a red 'X' on the wireless driver. Right click it and click enable. If there is a question mark on network controller or wireless driver. Click this link and choose the model of your laptop to get the wireless driver. Run the file to install the driver. Restart the computer if instructed then see if it worked.

2. If the light still wont turn on, go to the bios. You can do this by turning the computer off. Turn it on and repeatedly tap F2 right after pressing the power button. You should get a screen where you can change the settings. Click this link and choose your laptop's model and look for the instructions on how to turn on the wireless card in the bios. You may also browse the BIOS screen for that setting. Once you've set it to on, save the changes and restart the computer.

I have forgotton and need to reset the Bios password on a Tecra L2 S011 Labtop, can anyone help.

To switch on the WLAN automatically at system start, please enter the following BIOS setting:
Open the BIOS Setup Utility by pressing [F2] after switching on the AMILO. Goto menu Advanced and change the option "Default Wireless Setting" to "Wireless LAN". Save changes and exit BIOS.
Now the WLAN adapter is enabled by default.



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