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When i use macbook pro in the bed，my hands usually support the bottom of macbook pro , which usually causes my wifi turns off. I removed the bottom case of macbook pro，and found the wifi card connector is in the centre of bottom just where my hands usually support. I turned on macbook pro to test and found once I pressed the connector the wifi would be off and never be turned on until restart system，same as the result when I unplugged the connector from interface and plugged it back in. when I press the bottom case of macbook pro, the case press the connector.So that is the cause of the problem! Does normal wifi card really should have to be turned on back by reboot when I replug connector? Why just pressing the connector makes wifi card disconnect from the notebook. How can I fixed it? It never happened before.
You make two claims: “which usually causes my wifi turns off.” and “It never happened before.” Regardless of which is factual your problem is one of operator misuse. Using a laptop in bed causes risk of fire (Search Google for ‘fire was caused by laptop computer’) Please stop this practice at once for your own safety, and the safety of others in your building. You are flexing the case bynot providing the standard/expected flat surface underneath the laptop. Any laptop could suffer this sort of malfunction. The flex causes shorting out of the connector… at some point your machine may not recover at restart. To recap: Don’t use the laptop in bed, or, if you do use some sort of bed-board, lap-tray, over the bed table to provide a flat surface completely across the bottom of the machine. If this answer is acceptable please remember to return and mark it.
Can you please explain what to do? I’m having the same problem but I am confused about what you guys are talking about since I do not know a lot about computers
I’m having the same problem too, but now the wifi doesn’t recover at restart anymore (it will work, though, if I shut the computer down and wait for about one hour before restarting). The insulating material is correctly positioned. Nevertheless, I applied an extra layer of thin insulating tape on the original insulation. It didn’t seem to have helped at all. Maybe my airport card has been damaged?
