I've got the 5840 dos. WiFi is good and running in Linux Ubuntu but when I switch to my ssd running w8 I can't even switch on the WiFi with fn+f2. Any solution is greatly appreciated. I've installed both dell quickset and 7465 driver

This post has been edited by hadeanmars: Apr 11 2015, 08:12 AM

I did reinstall the drivers. My fn+f2 only toggles the airplane mode, the wifi stays powered off. In ubuntu I'm able to use fn+f2 to toggle wifi.

I think it's the fn key driver problem.

Do you have quicket installed? What's the version your using and what OS?

EDIT: btw i found that the fn+f2 is not turning on my bluetooth as well.


EDIT 2: Finally manage to solve this. Took me 2 whole days of experiment.
If you face a similar issue where your intel 7265 wifi option is grey out and cannot be turned on by fn+f2, open up device manager, look for Airplane Switch under Human Interface Devices, right click and select uninstall. Before you click ok, make sure to TICK delete the driver from system. Once uninstalled and deleted, scan for hardware changes to make sure it is really uninstalled and deleted. If it still pops up, repeat the step to remove it. Once it is removed, reboot your PC and voila, your fn+f2 is now toggling wifi instead of airplane mode.

This post has been edited by hadeanmars: Apr 11 2015, 04:30 PM