Wireless card no longer functioning

NoodleTech

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Aug 8, 2006
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A friend of mine has an HP dv2210us laptop. Recently, his wireless card stopped functioning and he was unable to connect to the internet through WiFi.

After taking a look at his laptop, I notice that the WLAN connection is gone from "Network Connections" in control panel. Only his 10/100 LAN connection is showing up.

I have tried reinstalling the Broadcom drivers to no avail.

I also notice that the wireless status indicator light on the front of the laptop is glowing orange when he said it used to glow blue. When I try to toggle it on and off, there is no change in color.

In device manager, no wireless card exists and there is no "unknown hardware."

What could be wrong?