Vista SP1 disables WiFi adapter

Dave Rudisill wrote:
> I recently bought a Sony Vaio VGN-NR220E laptop. Vista was
> preinstalled. I downoaded and installed SP1 the other day, and
> the onboard WiFi adapter went south. The Wireless LAN indicator
> light would not come on, and the Vista "Network and Sharing
> Center" no longer included that adapter. The Device Manager said
> that the adapter was working normally.
>
> I restored the laptop from a backup I had done prior to
> installing SP1, and the onboard adapter is working again.
>
> Anybody else had this problem with SP1?
>
No.
We have a Vista machine with an AR5007 adapter and had no problems with
the SP1 installation.

I recently bought a Sony Vaio VGN-NR220E laptop. Vista was
preinstalled. I downoaded and installed SP1 the other day, and
the onboard WiFi adapter went south. The Wireless LAN indicator
light would not come on, and the Vista "Network and Sharing
Center" no longer included that adapter. The Device Manager said
that the adapter was working normally.

I restored the laptop from a backup I had done prior to
installing SP1, and the onboard adapter is working again.

Anybody else had this problem with SP1?

--
Dave, waiting for a useful response from Sony

>LR <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>No.
>We have a Vista machine with an AR5007 adapter and had no problems with
>the SP1 installation.

That gives me hope. Mine also has an Atheros adapter.

Sony support suggested that I reinstall SP1 and if the problem
occurs again to reinstall the adapter's driver.

--
Dave

On Wed, 07 May 2008 10:52:18 -0700, Dave Rudisill <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I recently bought a Sony Vaio VGN-NR220E laptop.
>Vista was preinstalled.
>I downoaded and installed SP1 the other day, and
>the onboard WiFi adapter went south.

If you're really in Alaska, the only real way to go is south.

>The Wireless LAN indicator
>light would not come on, and the Vista "Network and Sharing
>Center" no longer included that adapter. The Device Manager said
>that the adapter was working normally.
>
>I restored the laptop from a backup I had done prior to
>installing SP1, and the onboard adapter is working again.
>
>Anybody else had this problem with SP1?

I have two customers with current Sony laptops. I installed Vista SP1
when it arrived and have seen no problems. However, I also went
through the trouble of downloading all applicable driver updates.
Start here:
<http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=VGNNR220E&LOC=3>
Apparently there are some hardware conflicts that break things in
Vista with SP1. For example:
<http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/support-info.pl?info_id=352&mdl=VGNNR220E>
<http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/news-item.pl?mdl=VGNNR220E&news_id=247>
However, the wireless device is not one of those listed. I don't
think this applies.

In the past, when I have such hardware issues, I almost immediately go
for the BIOS updates. I just fixed a Toshiba laptop that was
disabling the wireless card if I switched to an external monitor. The
BIOS update fixed it. However, I don't see any MB BIOS updates in the
list of Sony downloads, so that's not going to happen. I guess you
wait for Sony to figure it out.


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The problem was apparently with that particular laptop or model.

The WiFi adapter stopped working again, without SP 1 installed.
Same symptoms as earlier.

I returned it to Best Buy and selected another Sony Vaio. The
sales rep mentioned that they have "discovered" that there was a
problem with the WiFi adapters in the model that I had purchased
a week ago. The model I got this time has an Intel b/g/n adapter,
and SP 1 was already installed. It works fine.

Q: What's the difference between a used car salesman and a
computer saleman?

A: The used car salesman KNOWS when he's lying to you.

--
Dave