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Q&A: Will it cost a lot to fix the WiFi on my laptop?

Posted on April 13, 2022

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Question from Fred: I have a 2 year old Lenovo IdeaPad laptop. It was working fine till yesterday evening but now the Wi-Fi won’t work.

I thought it might be a setting, but the Wi-Fi adapter isn’t even showing up in the Device Manager under Windows 10.

Since it won’t work with Windows, I tried booting into Linux Mint (I have a dual-boot setup). Mint won’t recognize the Wi-Fi adapter either so I’m thinking it must be a hardware problem.

Can this be fixed without costing me an arm and a leg? [Read more…]

Q&A: How should I connect an older PC to my WiFi network?

Posted on November 29, 2021

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Question from Taylor: I recently bought a refurbished Dell OptiPlex 9020-SFF and I really like it after using for a while.

I know there are faster computers out there, but this is actually the fastest one I have ever owned.

My question is what’s the best way to add WiFi to this machine? [Read more…]