Wireless button stays orange. Will not turn on.

[dan7178]

After trying everything I could think of, that did the trick, Thanks

HP Tech support just walked me through fixing this problem.

1. remove battery and unplug power supply

2. press and hold power on button for 30 seconds

3. leave battery out but plug power supply back in 

4. press power on button and then tap on the f10 key immediately (a number of times)

5. the bios setup menu appears

6. select reset defaults 

7. select save and exit

System boots and the wifi key turns from orange to blue

[Kalstras]

I just reset the bios and it fixed that problem, only thing is, that switch was really handy on the front. Silly fiddly button. 

Anyhow

turn off > restart after completely stops say 15 secs (not really necessary but people seem to like doing it) > so yeah after it starts running start pressing you hotkey for the bios, some it's f8 some it's f10 when you enter the whole blue/red/black screen thing, go to bios > reset to defaults > save and exit > bob is your uncle (Voila in the King's English)

[Moonshade]

Thanks edsilha! That did it for me!

[p12allday]

I'm in desperate need of help!!!!! My f12 key is also orange and the computer won't give me the option to restart or shut down. When I turn it on it says preparing automatic repair. Then the screen goes blank! It's a Hewlett packard......593553-001............

[Jovanzie]

So I'm dealing with this problem as well. it seems to be a bug with Windows 8 and I am confused as to why the issue has not been addressed yet by the company, but I digress. I've troubleshooted hoping for the easy way out to no luck, reset my Bios, reinstalled my wireless driver, etc. I've gone about doing all the general solutions to no avail. Any suggestions?

[Rahul_Ethiraj]

Finally found the solution after 3 weeks.  Tried and manupulated all drivers and NIC lan card of my hp laptop dv6 7011tx.

UNINSTALL HP Quick Launch which caused the whole lot of problems and do the following 

- Shut down laptop

- Remove power cable & battery

- Press power switch for 30 sec

-  Attach power

- Power up laptop without battery

- Switch on wifi ---it works

- Now switch on the laptop with battery

HP quick launch describes itself as "

  Description

                    This package contains the HP Quick Launch Software, which enables special function keys on supported notebook models to be programmed. For example, the HP Quick Launch Software enables users to press the Fn+ESC keys to view system information. This software works with the supported operating systems. "

Note  :

                          This is the main problem.  I have found after seeing the internal working of this driver.  It caused the keys to work in its own described way thus overriding the wifi f12 button functionality to change from orange to white or white to orange.

                           After  and when restarting :

                                                       Put the computer to sleep and wake it up to find wifi on.

                             On normal shutdown and booting:

                                                                   Wifi works perfectly.

Note to HP:

                       Please check the working of HP Quick Launch Software.  I could find its algorithm and functioning and its made to override the default windows 8 key designed for HP.

Give me kudos if it works. 

Give me kudos if it works. And mark it is a Solution.

Thank you all for support and help.

Rahul

[Faithfully]

I had the same problem and followed your steps to reboot. This procedure worked for me and my wireless button came back on. Thanks a lot!

[narasimhareddy]

even the button is blue also the system is unable to identify the network i need solution.

[Patricia02]

Hello! I just have the same issue as Cattybee and after following your steps of setting the BIOS to defaults was solved inmediately!! Thnx a lot AxshunJaxun !!

[vishal26]

my wifi button is not working how to reset my wifi it. ts only show orange light so help me Hp