Satellite Pro L20: WLan adaptor stopped working and will not enable

Hi,
I have a Satalite Pro L20 which has been working fine. However, just before Christmas 2006, the wireless adaptor, (Atheros AR5005G), stopped working.
Windows XP Pro SP2 can see the adaptor, and network connections shows it as being enabled, but it doesn't see any networks.
The Atheros Client Utility Troubleshooter says that the adaptor pases it diagnostics up to the Radio test, when it says that the Radio is disabled and needs to be enabled in the Client Utility.
"Excellent!", I thought, opening up the utility with anticipation. Looked under the Action menu to find 'Enable Radio' is greyed out!!!
HELP!!
Any assistance is very welcomed.
Cheers,
Barry Smith.

Is there any hardware option to turn on and off your Wlan card? (switch)
Did you upgrade your Wlan driver recently? (if yes, maybe with wrong driver?)
I've had a similar issue once and solved it through driver updates... wanna give it a try?
You can download the generic Atheros driver (Version 5.0.0.107) available from here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/down.php?path=downloads/drivers/&download=Atheros5_0_0_107.zip
Regards
electrochain

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