Ewan Main

The wi-fi on my Acer Aspire One had inexplicably stopped working.

I tried flicking the switch a few times, waiting a few seconds between each. I’d rebooted the computer. I’d looked through the Jolicloud settings/admin area to see if there was anything that might be controlling it, or might give me a clue as to what the problem was. Finally, I was at the stage of examining the underneath of the computer, seeing where the screws were and how big they were, reasoning that I could probably get a replacement wi-fi module second-hand from eBay, and planning to dismantle the thing tomorrow to remove the offending item and determine its model number.

My wife then asked whether I’d turned the computer off and on again.

I hadn’t.

It worked.

I really must learn to be less technical sometimes.