MSI GE60 Wireless Issues Intel Centrino

So I have some problems with my wireless connection sometimes, most of the time it works alright but sometimes all of a sudden it wont let me connect to networks and sometimes when I troubleshoot my connection or network it always says that I have not been assigned an IP-address.  It also does not let me release/renew my ipconfig in the commandline interface in Windows 8. I think I had the same problems when I was using Windows 7 though but I can't say for sure since it was a while ago since I had windows 7 installed.
I'm almost 100% sure it's not the service provider's fault since other devices in the house do not suffer the same issue and this has occurred at school and other places as well.
Basically when I am not assigned an ip-address I either have to reboot the entire system or keep deactivating and activating my wireless and troubleshoot it many times before it works again. But every time I troubleshoot it and it finds the error it is because I am not assigned an ip-address. And sometimes even rebooting it doesn't work and I sometimes end up spending almost an entire hour just trying to get back online which is very frustrating. Could this be due to a faulty NIC or is it the drivers? Because I have the latest drivers installed from MSI's website and I have also tried installing the Windows 7 drivers as well but it has been the same result there.
If it is a driver thing, will there be an update which fixes it? If it is a hardware error, is it covered by the warranty? Also I'm not sure if I still have warranty since when I turned the laptop in on my warranty a few weeks ago the "warranty void" sticker under my laptop was not replaced when the laptop was returned to me (something which I just noticed recently).
Edit: I noticed there was an update for my NIC driver on intel's website so I will try that out and post again if it didn't resolve the issue.

Kind of sounds like the hardware is going bad.
Here's my thoughts.....
1. If it's out of warranty, that's not terrible. The wireless card in these laptops is cheap (<$50 on ebay after shipping).
2. If it's in warranty, it's probably easier and cheaper to still buy it on ebay ($30 or so to ship it to MSI in the states and feel 'safe' about the insurance).
If an updated driver doesn't seem to help, just go onto ebay and buy another card. They are cheap, and while it sucks that it's bad, the cheapest option is to just replace it yourself.
If you still want to go the MSI warranty route, >>How to contact MSI.<<

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