SantiSuk Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 My G470 appears not to have wireless internet capability. My first task was to confirm this. I tried to download the User instruction manual (on 2 seperate occasions 3 days apart): the link is bust. I contacted the Thailand helpdesk, having established that my system is still in warranty. I held on for 2 half hour periods unsuccessfully. I noticed a driver for Intel wifi software on the product support pages. I had no idea whether this would help (I suspect it needs more than a piece of software and that I must purchase a wi-fi adapter, but my above attempts to get help have proved fruitless). So I tried that anyway - clicking on the link brought up a dialogue box in Chinese. I don't read Chinese and could not navigate around it. Hopeless. This is a second machine for a family member. My first system is X-series and I have used these at home and work for nearly two decades and sung Lenovo's praises on websites. Never again (recommendations or purchases). I shall now publish this message on a Thai expatriates web-site to see if I can get any input there. I left this on Lenovo's customer service survey. But can anyone help with the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSixpack Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 I didn't see any Chinese here: http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/downloads/default.page? Win7 or XP? Direct download of the Win7 wireless driver: http://download.lenovo.com/UserFiles/Driver/en/Downloads%20and%20Drivers/G470G570/Updated%20Win7/IN1WLN80WW5.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave111223 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Did you make sure the wifi switch is physically turned on? My Lenovo laptop has a little switch on the front with turns the wifi (and bluetooth) on/off. If that is turned off it will appear as if your laptop doesn't have a wifi adapter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 What is the particular bad thing? I wouldn't expect any meaningful answer from any laptop producer....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Thanks for the input. I do know about the slide button to turn the wireless receiver on and I have now downloaded the requisite driver, thanks for the page reference which looks the same as the one I used but may be a subtly different path (Lenovo's website is labyrinythine) which may be why I originally had problems and your page works. The driver was insufficient for my needs though - I still had no visibility of my working wireless network nor of any wireless capability, suggesting there was no wireless adaptor installed. I was successful in getting through to their helpdesk this afternoon. The technician confirmed that the machine would have been sold with a wireless card, but when he prompted me to go to device manager and I explained what was coming up on my screen he suggested that something was clearly wrong with my OS setup and so I will restore Windows back to factory defaults tonight and take it from there. Thanks for the input, but I don't agree with that guy's approach suggesting that one should expect (and presumably accept) crap service :-). E.g, I expect crap service from UK banks but I always send in a written complaint. I make a hundred quid or so a year for those whose money I look after, it makes me feel better and there is a small chance that the cumulative effect of guys like me can make a difference in the long run. Call me Mr Optimist! I recognise tht many people are too busy to adopt this approach though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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