Wireless radio on Lenovo Y510 turned off even though the slider switch is switched on and lights up. How can I turn on wireless radio?

It sounds like the Micro Switch for the Right Button has gone bad, if the Left Button is working, then you have a bad switch and it is cheaper to replace the mouse.

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In order to connect to a wireless network and the Internet on an IBM Lenovo machine, you must first enable wireless networking via your computer's operating system. Allow about five minutes to enable your IBM Lenovo computer's wireless capabilities.

Click the Windows logo in the bottom left of your screen. Select "Control Panel" from the menu. Click the "Network and Internet" icon in the Control Panel. Click "Network and Sharing Center." Right click "Wireless Network Connection" icon. Select "Enable." Enable Wireless via Switch Check your IBM Lenovo laptop for a wireless networking switch. It is usually on the front of the computer above the keyboard. Slide the wireless switch to the "On" position. Look for a wireless light on the front of the laptop. In some cases a light will come on to indicate that wireless networking is active. Other switches, when active, reveal a green strip of plastic.

I had this same problem. The slider switch on the right side if the laptop enables both the wifi connection and the Bluetooth control. My laptop was only turning on the Bluetooth. If this is happening to you, true booting the computer and going in the BIOS settings, Network, wireless adapter. There you will have the option to turn it on or off. Mine was set to off. I clicked on and rebooted to Windows and it works now. Hope this helps.

FN + F5 will activate the wireless radio but you still have to physically turn a switch on the bottom left of the laptop to turn on the wirless adapter.

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For you to enable the Webcam for your Lenovo system you need to press FN + F5 a radio button will appear on the screen indicationg that the bluetooth is on.. FN + F5 is also used to turn on the wireless switch

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Hi. Make sure that all drivers are installed and the wireless card switch is turn on. Try Disabling/Enabling the wireless card by pressing the Fn + F5 key.

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Press FN+F5 button together on the keyboard to have the settings for display pops up on the screen. Check if the radio button was turned on both for wireless and bluetooth connection. If the radio button was off, just click ON and that should set the wifi to turned on. Always make sure that the wifi switch was set to on as well.

If this didn't fix the problem, kindly reinstall the wifi adapter driver by downloading the driver from the manufacturer's website. after reinstallation kindly reboot the computer.

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PLease locate the slider switch at the edge of your laptop. there should be a small slider switch for your wireless. Try to look at the sides or at the front of your keyboard.

Yes it is wifi supported. I have the same computer. Check your wireless switch it is located just to the right of the three blue lights. Switch needs to be slide to the right.