Friday, December 12, 2014

Brand-New Lenovo L540 Thinkpad Internet Failure?

I was browsing imgur and downloading a steam game in the background when my internet status suddenly changed to "limited". I disconnected in an attempt to reconnect, and now my wifi is broken. The symptoms are;

1) Usually when I turn on Airplane mode, the wifi option disappears until I turn it back off. That is no longer the case-it is constantly present.

2) The wifi constantly says "No networks found", regardless of status.

3) Every time I try to turn the wifi on (by clicking the wifi tab), it grays out while a swirly dotted circle appears, then switches back to "off" mode

4) My downstairs desktop temporarily got put on limited status, but is now fine.

5) All other wifi-capable devices in my house work perfectly, including my old, broken toshiba laptop.

6) I ran a total virus scan with avg, making sure to scan all files regardless of type. Nothing came up.

Please help.

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