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wireless adapter gives red light
« on: August 31, 2012, 12:43:28 PM »
so my wireless adapter gives me the red light it doesnt make sense it worked the other day and now it doesnt i had to take apart teh xbox and fix the dvd drive could i have done something to damage it? all it gives me is a red light and says a wireless detector has been detected. i  know that the network is there  cause my room mate has it  and the xbox does recognize that there is a adapter
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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2012, 12:52:01 PM »
some things to try...

changing usb ports.

which one do you have?

i think there is 2 or 3 different kinds. a black, white?, and grey one


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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2012, 12:55:59 PM »
got the white used all three ports and i even used my room mates  adapter and it still didnt work and i know that it works on his

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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2012, 01:00:34 PM »
can you try hardwired?


also did you check in the network settings and see if you can manually connect to it?


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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2012, 01:04:36 PM »
now ill try now


Edit:
seems to have done it
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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2012, 01:33:50 PM »
the manual connecting worked or the hardwire?


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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2012, 01:47:51 PM »
manual seemed to let me connect it connected to teh network then didnt connect to the internet but i know why that

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Re: wireless adapter gives red light
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2012, 02:00:23 PM »
mine does that too. i got a slim. and it does it alot.


 

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