How to turn on wifi in Lenovo G510 laptop

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, I had installed the drivers after installing Win 7.

I downloaded and installed that driver (even thought the one that I had installed had newer version!) but still can't turn on the wireless on that laptop. It says, "Wireless capability is turned off".

Isn't there any way to turn it off!!!!?

Hi

Did you install drivers for your wireless card after installing Windows 7?

You can normally find them in the support section on your laptop manufacturer's website.

For your laptop click HERE (Lenovo Support Website)

Change the component to 'Networking - Wireless' and download the relevant driver for your laptop.

Let us know if this hasn't worked.

Hi,

I suggest you to follow below methods and check if it helps.

Method 1: I suggest you to refer to the user manual of the laptop and check how to turn ON the wireless switch on the laptop.

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/lenovo-g510-notebook

Method 2: If it doesn't help, I suggest you to check the services related to wireless are turned on

Follow below steps to enable Wireless service.

1. Press Windows key + R and type services.msc in the search field and press ENTER.
2. Scroll down to find WLAN AutoConfig.
3. Right-click WLAN AutoConfig, and go to properties
4. Check if the service is set to Automatic and start the service.

Method 3: If the issue still persist Uninstall and reinstall wireless card drivers and check

1. Press Windows + R from keyboard
2. ****Type devmgmt.msc and click Ok.
3. Locate the Network adapter and expand the driver icon.
4. Right click on the network driver icon and click on Uninstall.

You can reinstall the Wireless card drivers from the manufacturer’s website.

Refer below link to do so,

http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/lenovo-g510-notebook

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.

Hi Sara,

Your comments are all valuable and in a high level of proficiency. I appreciate you.

First (even before coming here) I had read the user manual which was a .PDF file. I got that the Wifi will be turned on only on Win 8, apparently!

The drivers, especially the one related to the Wireless card, were all fine but I replaced them with better ones. Again no success.

About the services, I too tried it. Same message, "It's turned off, turn it on".

It seems that the wifi is for Win 8 on this laptop and to me it's so odd!

Thanks.