r/toughbook • u/1quietvoice • 1d ago

TechSupport Just purchased reconditioned CF-33 and Wi-Fi isn’t there.

I purchased a reconditioned CF-33 mk1 off Amazon earlier this week and when it came, the Wi-Fi wasn’t there. I have tried almost every solution I could find online but nothing has worked. I’m willing to try anything. The amazon listing said it had Wi-Fi. I was so excited to get the laptop and use it but this has been really frustrating. I really don’t want to have to return it.

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u/justin_b28 1d ago

I thought those had a physical switch on the side to enable/disable wifi

Some are on the left side, up in the CDROM port - flip the lid down to access tray to get to that switch. Other models had a switch up front by the handle.

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u/1quietvoice 1d ago

I have searched all over for a switch once I learned about them and I haven't found one.

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u/matmutant 1d ago

Anything in BIOS?

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u/1quietvoice 1d ago

omg thank you. I had to look up what BIOS was... its been many years since I had a windows computer and have forgotten almost everything. Wireless wasn't enabled so I enabled it and restarted and it worked. I almost cried. Thank you so much.

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u/matmutant 17h ago

You're welcome 🤗

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u/Alone_Ad_4861 22h ago

Enjoy it, i got one recently too

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u/ChiTechUser 21h ago

Word of advice... stay with the Panasonic Toughbook drivers for the hardware. Toughbooks are known to be very particular.