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Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:15:32 GMT

Hi,

today, after a reboot wireless stopped working on my E3-111-C3W0. In the Windows 8.1 connection tab the wireless is switched off and greyed out. Windows says that I have to enable wireless via a key or a button on the computer somewhere. However, the fn+F3 combination does only enable/disable the flight-mode, whereas I see no possibility to enable the wireless somewhere.

In the Windows device manager the adapter seems to work fine. Also I tried to reboot and reinstall the Launch Manager and wireless driver.

I am glad for any help!

Best regards,

Max

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:21:14 GMT

Can you check if the wifi adapter is enabled?

windows key logo + X

Control panel

Network and sharing center

on the left side, change adapter settings

check if wifi adapter is greyed out and marked as disabled.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:28:12 GMT

Hi IronFly, thanks for the quick response. The adapter is enabled. It seems that there is some kind of hardware setting that prevents Windows of managing wireless.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:55:18 GMT

When on Connection tab of windows 8.1, hit Fn+F3 and check if WiFi became available.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:00:10 GMT

Unfortunately this only disables/enables airplane-mode.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:10:13 GMT

Have you already tried on Device Manager to uninstall the wifi adapter?

right click on it, choose Uninstall, reboot.

at reboot it will install the adapter and drivers again, check if switch is working.

1) open network and sharing center

2) highlight wifi connection then at top click "diagnose this connection"

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:20:12 GMT

Reinstalling did not resolve the problem. The diagnosis says that I need to switch on wifi with a function key or a switch at the sides of the computer. I think the problem might be that the FN+F3 combination enables/disables the airplane mode instead of wifi.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:27:25 GMT

Uninstall the Launch manager and try to enable it on windows switch only, after a reboot.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:42:41 GMT

This does not work either

Without launch manager FN+F3 does nothing, still the WiFi switch in the connection tab is greyed out.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:50:02 GMT

Edit....

stil thinking

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:53:18 GMT

What's your BIOS version?

the latest is 1.25, if your is older, please update it:

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/BIOS/BIOS/BIOS_Acer_1.25_A_A.zip?acerid=635464578395908254&Step1=NOTEBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE%20E3-111&OS=ALL&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:54:38 GMT

Thanks a lot! I highly appreciate your help!

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:01:51 GMT

After the BIOS update the problem still persists...

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:14:05 GMT

Device manager, right click on the wireless adapter, Disable, confirm then right click again on the wireless adapter and click Enable.

check Wifi switch.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:28:17 GMT

Still nothing...

The greyed out WiFi switch is exactly what happens if I use the FN+F3 key on my aspire 5741. However, here on the E3-111 the airplane mode is switched instead of the WiFi. Is it possible to tell the Launch Manager to switch WiFi instead of airplane mode?

I'll continue tomorrow, as it's already late here. Thanks so much for your help so far!

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 22:28:06 GMT

The launch manager is the latest available for your notebook?

8.00.8105

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Application/LaunchManager/LaunchManager_Acer_8.00.8105_W81x64_A.zip?acerid=635460248940295045&Step1=NOTEBOOK&Step2=ASPIRE&Step3=ASPIRE%20E3-111&OS=81P1&LC=en&BC=ACER&SC=PA_6

i don't think it's configurable and i understand what you mean.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 19:22:29 GMT

Yes, I installed the laters version. I also installed the Dritek Launch Manager 5.2.1 and hoped that this one is able to disable/enable WiFi instead of airplane mode. On pressing FN+F3 there actually is a window that lets me switch Bluetooth and WiFi. However, switching Bluetooth works, but WiFi has absolutely no effect at all.

Is there another version of Launch Manager that I should try?

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

keith111 — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 23:13:41 GMT

Disable your firewall while you reset the wireless router.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

tuxifix — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:10:29 GMT

keith111 wrote:
Disable your firewall while you reset the wireless router.

This has nothing to do with firewall or router issues. It's not that the connection to the router fails, I cannot even enable WiFi.

Re: Aspire E3-111 wireless disabled

IronFly — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 10:21:52 GMT

check this:

In the device manager, under the Human Interface Devices, disable the "airplane mode switch."

if you can't disable, uninstall it.