Possibly because of the nagging problems with the built-in WiFi of the MSI Wind, two new WiFi chips may have replaced the old RealTek that came with each netbook. The Driver Download page of MSI is now offering new device drivers for 2 new RF modules: AzureWave (AW-NE771) 802.11 b/g/n by Atheros Communication RT2700E (MS-6890) 802.11 b/g/n by Ralink Technology Corp. The good news is that newer shipments of the MSI Wind will have the faster and better ranged WiFi N draft. To check which RF module your MSI Wind has, check the silver sticker at the back of your laptop: You can then download the respective WiFi drivers here. Was fixing the built-in wifi device of the MSI Wind for several hours now to no avail. I've already searched for related problems and read on forums that there's a sizable number of MSI Wind owners are having the similar problmes with the wifi. I've also tried re-installing the device drivers as well as downloading and running the latest version from MSI's website. I'm thinking of several work-around -- like looking for older versions of the driver, running a 3rd party wifi manager, among others. Read more in our articles including "Did MSI switch WiFi chips on the Wind?" and "MSI Wind WiFi Problem?".
Possibly because of the nagging problems with the built-in WiFi of the MSI Wind, two new WiFi chips may have replaced the old RealTek that came with each netbook. The Driver Download page of MSI is now offering new device drivers for 2 new RF modules: AzureWave (AW-NE771) 802.11 b/g/n by Atheros Communication RT2700E (MS-6890) 802.11 b/g/n by Ralink Technology Corp.
The good news is that newer shipments of the MSI Wind will have the faster and better ranged WiFi N draft. To check which RF module your MSI Wind has, check the silver sticker at the back of your laptop: You can then download the respective WiFi drivers here. Was fixing the built-in wifi device of the MSI Wind for several hours now to no avail.
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