Tantangel Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 I've got like 9 days left until I go back for surgery, but unfortunately last night when I was just about to connect to the game to find out if I got what I wanted the entire laptop just died. Tried calling support line but they weren't there and laptop finally turned back on but the Hard Drive was wiped clean so I had to reboot everything. Problem with it is every time I do that I have trouble trying to figure out how to enable the wireless internet on it because it's all built in and I have no book for it or anything. So I might be gone a while until I figure it out since it's taking me longer this time than any time before. Would play on family computer, but brothers bogged the computer down by downloading **** from a shareware program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talcian Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 What type of laptop is it? You'll most likely need to download the drivers or use CD's to reinstall them. If its an HP I think there is a wireless assistant to help with it. Hurry back, and hope all goes well with the surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aulian Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Beat it. When things dont work i tend to beat them, it doesnt help much but you feel better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantangel Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Trust me, beating got me to where I was to begin with. Did it to my tower on my computer and ended up loosening the power cord which detached from the power box and now I need a new one of those to get my tower running again. As for the kind of Laptop I have it's probably something you've never heard of before, a CTL, something that was very expensive as they made very few laptops to my knowledge. I've got all the drivers running on it, the problem with it is I can't remember what it was I used the last two times (I did something different every time I did this) I had to reboot it. First time I opened up the laptop I had to tweak something to get it running online without buying a wireless card, and I had to do it again when I rebooted the OS once it ended up catching a virus. This time around the net on it was dropping so I rapped on it a few times to let out frustration and that's when it shut off. Wasn't very hard either which is what really frustrated me. Now I just can't seem to get it up and running online. Another problem with trying to play on family computer is that sitting for prolonged periods hurts like hell. So I can check the forum but so much as playing probably wont happen. Hence why I didn't care really why my tower went down but now that my laptop is down I have really nothing to do until I get it up and running. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Voodoo Doll Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 Wow, be kind to your computer;) Still using the same laptop I bought five years ago at the start of grad school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantangel Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 I've got a horrible temper that can outbeat nearly anyone. The only difference with me (compared to some people here who chew someone out after being killed by them or jumping on AIM to do so) I tend to hit things, and usually the thing causing the annoyance. Laptop I was just basically drumming on, nothing harsh really , basically index and middle finger thrumming back and forth on it out of boredom because I had a spectacular lag spike at the time so I couldn't FL at that moment. Next thing I know laptop is gone, and I'm getting really irritated trying to figure out how to 'connect' the wireless connection even though it says it's enabled, it keeps telling me to enable it in hardware section, and I can't find that anywhere. So I finally sent their support line an email and expect it to be answered within the next two days and hopefully it gets me back online in time for my next surgery so I can at least play some since Wii movement is out of the question and 360 is still here and broke. Know exactly why computer broke though, I just wont be able to fix it until after my doctor bills are paid off now. Figure calculating costs before they all come in I'll end up somewhere around 5 grand that I'll have to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted June 11, 2007 Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 You should be able to look up the specs on the manufacturer's web site. That will tell you what driver you need. Get the model number and serial number from the case. If that doesn't work you can scratch around on the web and on Usenet, and also post a message to the latter if you can find an appropriate newsgroup for your notebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tantangel Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2007 It wasn't a driver, it was something I hadn't tried yet and completely forgot about trying. On my laptop there's a [second] function like on a calculator but it's [fn] instead. It's got an array of different things it can do from putting the laptop on sleep mode, turning sound on/off, brightness up or down, pause/play/stop DVDs and one just so happens to be my wireless interenet. I called them over the weekend figuring they've got the decency of giving me a 3 year warrenty without paying more on it, they might have 24/7 service. Well, they don't, but they did get back to me today and asked for my model number and asked if I uploaded the drivers onto it and everything and I told them what all happened. Asked if I tried that and as soon as I did it it started searching for wireless internet immediately within my area. Managed to be able and hook back up online in a very short period of time. Bad thing about it is after I did it, I remembered doing that a few times before doing some other things and all I had to do was that this time and be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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