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Q: Wifi not working - hard blocked

Philip KirkbrideI opened my laptop to clean the fan but after putting it back together the wifi had stopped working and by default was disabled. When I run rfkill list all I can see that phy0 is hard blocked. Assuming this means my network card is damaged I bought a USB wifi adapter. I plug it in and run the sa...

networking wireless
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
Can you see any physical switch that enables/disables wifi?
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
@M.Becerra no physical switches on laptop for wifi
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
Did you check the BIOS? Or any other key or function key on your laptop related to wifi?
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
@M.Becerra how?
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
You restart your laptop, open BIOS and search for any wifi/network related settings
DONT post pictures, hard to read/format/manipulate. Post text instead
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
16:11
@M.Becerra I can't copy the text because I have no internet connection and typing all that onto my phone is unpractical thanks for your patience
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
I can edit it for you
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
Thanks I thought it would be cool to learn about hardware. Really regretting it now. ☹️
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
You shouldnt do it with your main laptop/computer
get a raspberry pi and toy with it
Did you check BIOS?
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
I'm in bios now
Do I want the network section?
Wake on LAN: AC Only
Ethernet LAN Option ROM: enabled
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
Unless you think it could create any other issue (VM, i.e.) you can simply reset setting back to default
That could work
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
16:18
Ok trying it
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
Do you have any other OS installed?
And wich laptop is it exactly
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
Some how changing it to default has broken further
Always boots to boot menu now and none of the options work
On t420
Thinkpad
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
What do you mean with none of the options work
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
I have
dvd, ata hdd0, pci lan
As options but picking any returns to boot menu
Maybe uefi or something I feel like I changed that setting way back
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
Oh damn :/
Do you think you can revert it?
Philip Kirkbride
Philip Kirkbride
16:25
Trying different boot settings
M. Becerra
M. Becerra
16:38
Any change? If you think I can help you further, feel free to ask

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