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June 17th, 2024 23:17
Alienware Alpha Wifi Problems
Sometime around 3-4 months ago, my Alienware Alpha began to randomly disconnect from wifi and I would have to re-connect. As time progressed so too did the severity of the problem. It would still disconnect but sometimes the Wi-Fi list wouldn’t even show any available connections. I was able to fix that issue by running the troubleshooter, But that too soon stopped working. The only option which still worked was restarting the computer and around a couple weeks ago that stopped working.
Right now the only way to fix the problem is to completely unplug the power cord and wait for the power to completely drain and even that only works about 30% off the time. Plus, there isn’t a guarantee that it will work for longer than like five seconds.
This has genuinely stumped me.
Ive found tons of similar problems online but no actual solution. I’ve tried updating the driver and I doubt anything is wrong with the physical components.
If needed I can provide more details on drivers and such (to the best of my ability).
How would I fix my wifi problems? Ethernet doesn’t work either.
Please help.
FishLord
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June 18th, 2024 21:11
To anyone with a similar problem as me, I found and fixed the problem. For me, one of the wires attached to my wifi card is faulty I taped it down and now it works just fine. Give it a go if you have this problem.
Feral Faucett
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January 23rd, 2025 02:33
I lost my ability to see wifi networks on my AA approx 3 years ago, prior to which it would cut in and out. I was able to hardwire to an extender to get internet so for most of that time, I didn't do much to try to fix it. I can't leave an unsolved problem alone though, so I finally did a shake down.
Everything you can think of, I did. I followed so many ideas and suggestions. The list was exhaustive.
What finally fixed mine: downloading a fresh copy of windows and reinstalling it. And this is after I had done a reinstall but from the windows copy that was on my pc already. I had to specify to download it new.
I'm putting this out wherever my Google search has taken me in case this helps another AA owner whose wifi card stopped displaying wifi networks.
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