Wireless light won't turn blue on Laptop.

Perhaps i did the repair installs wrong, could you possible walk me through how to repair the network connection or find out how to set up a wireless connection. maybe its set to another router or access point, and there for the wireless isn't responding because its looking for another router. It needs to be set up with my router. Anyways im pretty sure i know how to do these things but it wouldn't hurt to go over them again to make sure i didn't screw up any where.

If your wireless is finding available networks, but cannot connect… And if you recently did a Repair Installation, then your system probably needs you to re-enter the WEP or WPA/WPA2 password or passphrase. If the above is the case, then that is all that will be necessary.

Perhaps i did the repair installs wrong, could you possible walk me through how to repair the network connection or find out how to set up a wireless connection. maybe its set to another router or access point, and there for the wireless isn't responding because its looking for another router. It needs to be set up with my router. Anyways im pretty sure i know how to do these things but it wouldn't hurt to go over them again to make sure i didn't screw up any where.

The wireless light isn't turning on at all. Its just saying its yellow. Therefor it can't locate any networks at all. Its almost like the wireless network interface doesn't exist or isnt installed on the computer. I can plug it directly to a ethernet cord and it works fine, its just the wireless is not picking up any networks.

Is there a small "wireless switch" on the front leading edge of your laptop? Give it a try. Next… Have a look in Device Manager What is installed for Network Adapters?

Yeah doug, the wireless switch is turned on. That would be the first thing i would check. Under "network adapters" it says Nvidia Nforce Networking Controller" Which is the network card. So its displayed there. The wireless just isnt gathering a signal at all from any networks. Its not a problem with range because i have the laptop right next to my action tech pk5000 modem. It is also not a case of the network having any wireless issues, because i have other networking devices that im using that are working just fine.

Possibly uninstall - re-install Network connector? (via Device Manager) When you did the Repair Install, did you go to machine manufacturer's website and download/install the ChipSet and other Drivers?

Nvidia Nforce Networking Controller From a brief google search that appears to be the Controller for Ethernet (wired not wireless) In Device Manager are their any items listed as "Other" and not installed. I suspect you have not yet installed a wireless network adapter.

yeah ive downloading drivers for it. Do you know a link for a dv6000 HP pavilion model. I need the wireless drivers for that and it has to be for windows 7. I tried googling the drivers but i had difficulty trying to find the right ones.

HP doesn't appear to have drivers for your machine with Windows 7. Some threads I've seen have stated that the Vista drivers work, but that may not be reliable. You may have to go to the manufacturer of the specific piece of hardware for which you wish a driver.

Can you connect this machine to the internet via Ethernet Cable? That could help in the search for the correct hardware and driver.

Yeah ive tried it. I really don't think its a case of drivers, i have messed with this laptop countless times, windows 7 is usually really thorough at locating the drivers if your missing any. This time the wireless just doesn't connect. I think its more or a less hardware failure inside the machine.

When did you first install Windows 7 on this machine? is it 32bit or 64bit?
What installation media did you use to install Windows 7? Retail, OEM, Upgrade
What is the source? Where did you get the Windows 7 installation media?

Has this machine "ever" connected wirelessly while running Windows 7?

What was the last successful/stable/functional Windows Operating system used on this machine?
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Some of my reading suggests that that machine has a Broadcom wireless adapter.

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yeah ive downloading drivers for it. Do you know a link for a dv6000 HP pavilion model. I need the wireless drivers for that and it has to be for windows 7. I tried googling the drivers but i had difficulty trying to find the right ones.

Not butting in here but Jeff was the wireless working before, my sister has a hp dv6000 and when I went to bump her up to Windows 7 Prem, I could not get her wireless device to work due to what I ran into lack of support or IE: drivers for that device, when I moved her back down to Vista it was working. I am not saying this may or maynot be the case for you.

If it was working once, would like to know how so I could try it again on her system, thanks.

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