Lenovo G50-45 80E3 wireless adapter (Atheros AR965x) EXTREMELY slow

I just bought this laptop two days ago and I'm unable to download anything faster than 0-2 Mbps when I'm perfectly able to download at speeds of around 40 Mbps on my Lenovo B570 using the same 2.4 ghz band on my router. I've installed the "latest" driver from Lenovo's support page, which appears to be exactly the same driver that it was preloaded with although it gives a new version number in the description and is as recent as this month to no avail. I've also installed the latest BIOS and that didn't help either. I reset my router settings to factory defaults for the hell of it and that didn't help the situation either. I'm not sure what else to do at this point except return the laptop for a refund. Any ideas?

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    I just bought this laptop two days ago and I'm unable to download anything from the Internet faster than 0-2 Mbps when I'm perfectly able to download at speeds of around 40 Mbps on my Lenovo B570 using the same 2.4 ghz band on my router. When it's hard-wired to the router, however, I get about 90 Mbps down which is fine. I've installed the "latest" driver from Lenovo's support page, which appears to be exactly the same driver that it was preloaded with although it gives a new version number in the description and is as recent as this month to no avail. I've also installed the latest BIOS and that didn't help either. I reset my router settings to factory defaults for the hell of it and that didn't help the situation either. I'm not sure what else to do at this point except return the laptop for a refund. Any ideas?

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    How to perform a clean boot in Windows
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
    Meanwhile, run Internet Explorer 11 in No Add-ons mode by running the Run command from the Start menu, and then typing
    iexplore.exe -extoff into the box.
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    If yes , open Internet Explorer for the desktop, click the Tools menu, and click
    Manage Add-ons.
    3.Click Toolbars and Extensions, click each toolbar or extension, clicking
    Disable to turn off all of the browser extensions and toolbars.
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    mfirst wrote:
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    Hi,
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    Kind Regards
    Sunny Batra

    Good day and welcome to the community.
    Based on 14E4 / 4365, it's a Broadcom WLAN adapter.
    This: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/g50-70-noteboo...
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    If you're looking for a Win7 package, it's also available in the master list here: http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/laptops-and-netbooks/lenovo-g-series-laptops/g50-70-noteboo...
    Are these what you've tried?
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  • Lenovo G50-45 Wireless has dissapeared completely

    I have a Lenovo G50-45 that when i bought it worked perfectly. Here recently it seems the wireless adapter has magically vanished and i say that because ive done everything i know to do and ive searched google everywhere but no one seems to have the same issue i do except one person and he was running linux and was able to resolve his issue. I on the other hand havent been able to.This laptop has a bluetooth/wireless card combo. The card handles both connections. The laptop itself has a AMD 8 processor, 4GB ram 1TB HDD running windows 8.1Oneday the laptop just wouldnt connect to wifi. I work on computers alot, and short of replacing the card itself i havent found the solution on my own.The wireless adapter does not show up in network sharing when you click change adapter settings. Only the LAN and bluetooth connections are there. I checked in device manager and there is no missing or improperly installed hardware. Opened the network connections in Device manager and there is no wireless adapter, no WLAN, no wireless anything avaliable there.I have done the following:I uninstalled and reinstalled the bluetooh driver. updated the bluetooh driver.  physically removed the card, started the laptop (the bluetooth connection dissapeared like i expected, turned off the laptop and reinstalled the card and restarted, the bluetooth connection reappeared but not the wireless.I checked in the BIOS. Wireless is enabled. I updated the BIOS. Restored defaults. Still no wireless card.I thought maybe there was an issue within windows 8.1I partitioned the HDD and set off 100GB and installed Windows 7. I didnt think id be able to install the card but i wanted to see if windows 7 detected the hardware. It actually installed the bluetooth card by itself and properly, with an out of date driver im sure but it recognized it.But it did not find the wireless adapter. No wireless card in Device manager in windows 8.1 or a fresh install of windows 7.I ignored that the card wasnt there, and i went to the lenovo site and downloaded the proper up to date drivers. installed them on windows 7 and 8.1. I get the following error message "No appropriate driver to be installed"Now i have a feeling the card itself is to blame. Maybe i have that one card that just wasnt gonna make it. Ive never had a wireless card burn out on me ever but i suppose it is possible. But before i go buying parts, even though its cheap i dont have much money. And the principle of it all, if the card works why should i buy another one? right? its a disgrace to say i work on these devices and be beaten by one of them.  So has anyone had a similar issue? Something i havent yet tried?I would just throw in a wireless adapter i have here but the port on the motherboard is different than what i see in most laptops, i assume because its both wireless and bluetooth. I only have wireless cards laying around, non of them fit properly so i will need to buy a replacement to test. But if anyone can help me out, id appreciate it.

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    Welcome to Lenovo Communtiy Forums!
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    Power Cycle of the system
    Checking of WLAN in BIOS if Enabled (Includes resetting BIOS to defaults)
    WLAN card reseating (Removing WLAN card and reconnecting the WLAN again) Includes cleaning of the ports and connectors.
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    Make sure you get a replacement card that is on this Maintenance Manual WLAN list and has an FRU tag.
    This is to avoid getting whitelist problem
    Regards
    Solid Cruver

  • Lenovo G50-70 Bluetooth/Wi-Fi problem in (32bit) window 7

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    Nitesh
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    Let me know how it goes.
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  • Lenovo g50-30 won't connect to home wifi.

    Hello everybody, I just signed up to find a solution. 
    I got a lenovo g50-30 with windows 8.1 about three weeks ago, and I've had a wireless problem ever since. The laptop will connect to my wireless router (Thomson tg582n) but then it shows the limited connection alert. I can navigate for about 5 minutes but right after im unable to do so, while the rest of smart phones and tablets can connect to it. This issue began about five weeks ago with and old macbook I had, but it doesn't seem to have a fix. In college I'm able to connect to the wireless networks without trouble and Ethernet works fine as well. I've tried everything, restarting and restoring the router, changing channels and security encryptions, established the same IP address, I disabled, restored and enabled windows firewall, released and renewed IP, flushed DNS. Disabled and enabled WiFi adapter, uninstalled the drivers and installed them back again. I've seriously done everything I've found without success, so I come to you in desperation. It would mean the world if you could help. Thanks!
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    THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE HELP (mind the sarcasm)
    Anyway guys, I found a pretty good solution that ended my connectivity problems. Just go to your wiifi configuration and properties and choose to stablish a custom DNS server, then type 8.8.8.8 as main server and 8.8.4.4 as the secondary one (These are Google's DNS free servers) And all of your problems will go away. If anything, feel free to ask.

  • Distorted microphone with Linux mint in Lenovo G50-70

    I have installed Linux Mint 17.1 in Lenovo B590 and microphone works perfectly. I installed Linux Mint on a new Lenovo g50-70, microphone works low and very distorted.
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    Hi roberto-
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  • Windows 2003 on T61 wireless adapter not showing

    I have 7658( CTO) T61 with XP pro.... I downgraded windows 2003 enterprise edition SP2. i have few questions
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  • Can't find drivers for Lenovo G50-30 for Windows 7 32-bit

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  • Lenovo G50-45 Install W7 UEFI

    Dear All,
    Firstly, sorry for my English and thank you in advance for your assistance with my problem.
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    hi KasiD,
    Welcome to the Lenovo Forums.
    In the BIOS, can you try and set this setting:
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     - Link to picture
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  • Wireless adapter is not working.

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    You could try a couple of simple things that might help:
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  • Help: XP driver for 3000 G410 wireless adapter

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    I am not sure if I can really help you (I do not have a x201), but since no one else answered yet. I try to give some advices.
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