Notebooks & Netbooks

[kpy4e-Net]

Yep, unfortunately main stopped working to.
The only problem with replacing the existing one with the new one will avoid the warranty. So in my case I will have to demand from  Acer tech department to have a solution to this problem also I think the problem is not within the hardware it has to do with a driver/software.

[kenburkhalter]

I ordered a new (Intel) wifi card from Newegg, and it should be here Tues.  I will advise what happens.

[kenburkhalter]

I installed the INTEL|7260 wifi adapter today and was rewarded with instant success!!!

Getting to the adapter is relatively easy.  There are ~13 screws on the bottom of the case.  Three of them are hidden under the small rubber foot and two under the long rubber foot (both in the middle of the width).  Note that the collection of screws are of two different lengths.  The top screws are short, and the long ones go across the middle and bottom of the base (bottom being with the keyboard towards you).

Carefully remove the two antenna connectors from the old card, and then the holddown screw.  You can then easily remove the adapter from  its socket, and install the new card.  Be sure to use an anti-static strap to ground yourself to the computer case.

As soon as the R7 started up it auto-installed the Intel wifi Adapter driver, and things worked perfectly, thereafter.

The speeds are now 10-20 times faster than before and the R7 is acting like a REAL computer at last.  Watched, for the first time ever, a 3 minute video from YouTube without stuttering or pauses!

YES!!

[Carmelo92]

Hi!

Thank you for the tip! I bought the same adapter and I installed it (it was my first time opening a pc) and now it works really good!

Thanks again!

[stevenlmas]

THANK YOU! I bought a $10 wireless USB Network Adapter which also helped, but glad to have a free USB port.

[eddysalim]

Hii have the same problems my wifi internet was very slow and i do this ,because i follow the steps that other people put here and really for me doesnt work , i go to device manager and uninstall all the thing with the drivers and all in network adapters and next of that they appear again and works awesome fast and realiable i dont konow why but is the unique think that works for me .

[kenburkhalter]

eddysalim-

Just uninstalling and re-installing the drivers will do nothing.  The problem appears to be in the stock wi-adapter that comes with the Acer.  Unless that factory installed adapter is replaced, the wi-fi problems WILL remain.

The only cure that I have found, that worked, was to replace the factory wi-fi adapter with an Intel replacement (Tiger.com) carries them.  See prior commenst in this discussion thread.

That totally fixed my Acer and it works at VERY high speeds now!