I have an HP dv5-1002nr notebook PC from 2008 (piece of junk if you ask me, but that's another issue).

Way back when I first bought this computer, the wireless adapter driver would get corrupted every time the computer would overheat. At the time, I was shown how I could reinstall the Atheros wireless adapter driver from my Recovery Manager.

I have since solved all the overheating issues, but this morning, the Atheros driver disappeared (or was corrupted) again, and I have tried reinstalling it several times, both from the Recovery Manager and from the HP driver web site.

The files will load, and the installation wizard goes through, but then even after I reboot, the driver still doesn't show up in my network device manager settings, and the network wireless adapter still won't turn on.



HELP!!!!!

Thanks Yard Dog. Yes I can still connect with wired (as I've always been able to when I have this problem).

You are saying a hardware problem, but what hardware?

BTW, I know just enough about computers to be dangerous, so I often sound as if I know a lot more than I do.

Thanks for any help.

But that's just the issue. When this happens, the wireless completely disappears from the Network Adapter info in the device manager. I've been reinstalling all morning, and it's not working.

That's why I was curious what hardware you thought might be the problem.

Meaning, I've been reinstalling, but it never reappears in the device manager.

Thx - will try.

Ha, I downloaded Speccy, then when it was running, it said a problem occurred, and Windows shut down the program.