Satellite L650 PSK1JA - WLAN not turning on / Unable to install WLAN

Can anyone help with my problem here? I've been trying for three days straight and still unable to find a solution.
My laptop, Satelite L650 PSK1JA-07E017 hasn't been able to connect to wireless recently.
I just reformatted my laptop again today (due to other problems) and now I found out
1. Initially, my toshiba (Out-of-Box-state) laptop has no WLAN driver installed, as the moment I checked Network Sharing Center, I only can see LAN (Atheros Ethernet AR81). (How did I connect into wireless all this time?!)
2. So knowing this, I tried to download several drivers (Atheros/Broadcom) WLAN, however.
- The Atheros WLAN driver seem doesn't want to install. The moment I run the setup, nothing happened.
- The Broadcom WLAN (802.11n) actually worked once, however the moment I restarted my laptop, Broadcom disappeared from the *Network Adapter list*
Both driver were taken from main website "Download" Support
I have been trying to find a solution, sometimes the broadcom WLAN works, sometimes it doesn't, at least until today.
Even if it works, it would connect to the Network only for about 5 minutes or so, and after that, the connection would go "Unable to connect"
Now today
1. The wireless network light wont even turn on (That orange light). The moment it would blink is the moment I turned on my computer, but after the TOSHIBA Screen (The screen where you choose to go to your BIOS setting/BOOT), the light suddenly turned off.
2. And when this light is turned off, I'm unable to enable it, as there's no WLAN driver on my computer (Heck, how does the light turn on?!). So FN + F8 Button is totally disabled.
3. No matter how many times I install WLAN driver, it's either
- Setup didn't do anything, no response, nothing happened (Atheros WLAN driver, all of them)
- Setup worked but wont be listed as Network Adapter.
4. I saw a forum answer talking about TBSWireless that's located in Toshiba folder, I tried and there's no response at all, nothing happened, nothing popp'ed up.
I used to think that it's caused by overheating, but apparently I don't think it's the cause anymore (as my laptop is totally cold right now)
This problem first time happened a year ago, but never pop up again until this year. Normally it's just reseting Network Adapter and it's all fixed. However, given now I don't have WLAN driver (Hence my connection is a box with red cross) there's nothing I can do. I can't install it, nor I can't do a single thing about it.
If there's something that I need to install first (before installing those WLAN driver) can anyone outline that for me?
and apparently my warranty has expired sometime last year so I can't really ask Toshiba to repair it (Unless I pay)

Installing Ubuntu is WAY easier than windows, same for installing packages (additional software ; although I doubt you'll need to do that).
Two choices:
1) Use WUBI (Windows Ubuntu Installer) which is just like installing another windows application on your harddrive. I have this, works great and still good for diagnosing h/w issues. It makes a dual boot menu so that you can choose windows 7 or Ubuntu from boot up.
Start download, run installer... follow prompts, easy. No mess no fuss.
Just go for recommended settings. My initial installation was 18GB but you can go for smaller if you want.
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/windows-installer
Side note: The application installer is an icon half way down on the left hand side in case you need to install anything additonal. I don't think you will, unless you want to play with Ubuntu.
2) Install onto USB or CD and boot onto that.
Follow instructions on this page:
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download
Go for version 11.10 (latest version), 32-bit (recommended).
Either 1) or 2) will do the job. 1) is probably marginally less work.. you can't really call installing Ubuntu work. If installing windows was like installing Ubuntu no-one would have any problems.
OK. Once you re-start and boot into Ubuntu the network icon is on the top-right. Looks a bit like a triangle.
There are two great really free PDF books on Ubuntu in case you want to know more:
http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
http://files.ubuntu-manual.org/manuals/getting-started-with-ubuntu/10.10/en_US/screen/Getting%20Started%20with%20Ubuntu%2010.10.pdf
You shouldn't need to read them though, just follow the on-screen instructions the installer gives you and then treat Ubuntu (once you boot into it) it as if it's like windows.

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