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Dell Latitude WiFi issues

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Participants northerncyclist32Ashley Wood3Kimberly Gomez34
northerncyclist32 northerncyclist32 NewcomerOP
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joined Oct 2012
#1 ·
I'm having a real headache with my Dell Latitude—I just can't get the Wi-Fi to kick in no matter what I try. I've already gone through the whole process of uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers, but nothing seems to change. It's running Windows 10.
Any advice on what I should do next?
Ashley Wood3 Ashley Wood3 Member
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joined Jul 2017
#2 ·
I would strongly suggest performing a completely fresh, clean installation of Windows 10, or perhaps even stepping back to something like Windows 7 or 8.1. In my estimation, the most prudent course of action would be to format the entire drive to ensure you are starting from a truly pristine state. If the issue persists after such an undertaking, then we must face the rather likely reality that your wireless card has simply reached the end of its functional life, necessitating a replacement. It isn't a particularly daunting or expensive fix, and since your laptop is an older model, I suspect the hardware is quite accessible for a quick swap without much fuss. For that very reason, I believe you might find more stability by opting for Windows 7 or 8.1 instead.
Kimberly Gomez34 Kimberly Gomez34 Regular
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joined Jul 2009
#3 ·
Does it show up under Device Manager for you?
northerncyclist32 northerncyclist32 NewcomerOP
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joined Oct 2012
#4 ·
Yeah, I can see it showing up in the Device Manager, but it stays stuck on OFF. Even when I jump into the WiFi properties and try to toggle it to ON, the computer just flips it right back to OFF the second I close out of the manager. I already tried running all the macOS updates, but no luck so far. At this rate, I’ll probably just have to wipe everything and reinstall macOS from scratch.
Thanks for the help, everyone.

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