Wireless button stays orange. Will not turn on.

[jimbotime]

worked for me mrhelper13

[Casla]

This is what worked for me:----

Start the device manager.

Select the wireless driver.

uninstall this - but don't delete the driver files in the dialog box.

Restart windows - as stated before in one of the previous articles, windows installs the driver automatically.

The orange lamp now turns blue.... 

I unplugged the network cable, re-connected to he wireless router and I'm now posting this comment via wireless

see previous reply dated : ‎05-06-2013 10:54 AM from AxshunJaxun

Best regards to all

casla

[AxshunJaxun]

@Casla Thanks for confirming that! I appreciate you taking the time to post! 🙂

[jaytp]

Hi there i was wanting to know if u can help us after the computer updated the wireless button stays orange,we tried the above tips and no good .

BRAND ralink

version 5.0.23.0

bios f.26-02/21/2013

0686100000203D1000620100

and tips would be great

thank you

[AxshunJaxun]

Hey jaytp, 

There are a few suggested fixes for this issue. If you've already tried the Uninstall and Restart the Computer method, try the following:

1. Open Device Manager

2. Expand Network Adapters

3. Double-click on the Ralink card

4. Change setting to Enabled

5. Click Apply and restart if prompted. 

You could also try reseating your wireless card. 

Let me know if you run into any questions 🙂

[LissaMomOf4]

THANK YOU!!!!! This worked like a charm!!! Thank u for the easy steps!

[LissaMomOf4]

Nevermind wrong post

[blueyepez69]

Not sure why or how this worked. but I was trying to boot into the BIOS but I couldn't I got so mad I pull the battery mid startup and jacked up the mbr I had to use a repair disc and once that was done. The HP Pavilion g6 booted up all fine and holy hell the wireless light is now blue and is working!!!!

[selenap]

Thank you so much!!  It worked just in time for me not to throw my laptop out the window!  lol  That's an italian for ya!

[cmpdesigner]

Thanks for this fix edsilha--this one worked for me when others on this thread did not.

I have to add, it actually disabled my computer first--after the default reset, a message came up that the computer could not start up and would I like to do a system restore. I went ahead and did this and after about a half hour on that dialogue box it did reboot and the wifi was enabled. I put the battery back in and did another shutdown and restart to make sure it worked with the battery in and everything seems to be okay now.

Important thing to mention: I am on an HP Pavillion g6 running Windows 7 Home Premium--this problem started when the system did an auto update. The internet switch worked fine up to that time. A standard system restore from Windows did NOT fix the problem.  I tried several things on this thread before trying the option below, which worked only after doing another system restore.