Wireless button (f12) not working after windows 8 pro upgrade

[ashnaa_2006]

i have pavilion dv6 7040tx . recently i installed windows 8 pro 32  .
when i take system properties it shows

installed memory (RAM): 8 GB (usable 2.41)

what can be the problem ?
i upgraded the bios to f.24 but it shows 960 mb of ram usable so i upgraded back to F.0A and result is 2.41 gb of ram is usable ?

[misousa]

Does't windows 8 32 bit only support 4gb of ram and the graphic card already has 2gb.

I think you have to install Windows 8 64bits

[UniProg]

Hello ashnaa_2006,

This document may help answer your questions about upgrading memory on your notebook.  Please let me know if it helps.

Good luck!

[svobol13]

I have similar problem with my HP ProBook 6570b. I upgraded preinstaled W7PRO to W8PRO and by then the computer is not usable at all... Whenever I turn on airplane mode (battery saving reason) or hibernate computer I am not able to start wifi adapter until next reboot. I can solve this problem by reinstalling wifi drivers also. 

Anyhow when reinstaling drivers computer freezes quite often. That results in atleast one hard restart of a computer a day. I didnt find any solution. 

I would appreciate any help because this is getting me desperate and angry.

[UniProg]

Hello svobol13,

Your ProBook is a Business model.  Your issue would be best answered on the HP Enterprise Business Community Forum

Good luck!

[Aswin1993]

I had a similar problem with my dv6 7012tx. i lost my wifi after upgrade to win8 x64. i had to remove battery and hold the power button 4 some time whenever i needed wifi. But after updating to f.26 bios the problem was solved. check your drivers page

[srikanthsd]

F.26 still has issues with my g6 2005ax.
Living with F.05. No problem.

[RLK0502]

F.26 didn't work with my computer so I am sticking with F.05 as well

[rllpearson]

The option for turning wireless on or off is greyed out on my computer after the upgrade to Windows 8

[misousa]

My DV6-7003sp is now working after having installed the F.26 bios and taking out the battery and disconnecting from power and pressing power button for a while and reseting bios settings

This didnt work the first time but now the button is working when I presss it connects or disconnects the airplane mode (of course I had to install the F12 key update for windows 8), its not exacly as in windows 7 but it works.