Laptop will not connect wirelessly

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HP Pavilion G Series laptop will no longer connect wirelessly. Icon in System Tray shows "not connected - no connections are available".

Things I've tried so far:

- Ensured wireless switch is on

- Ensured WLAN AutoConfig is running. Restarted for good measure

- Device Manager shows wireless card is installed correctly and drivers are up to date. It shows as an Atheros AR9285 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter #2

- Re-installed latest driver as well as trying all other listed wireless drivers for this laptop from manufacturers website

- Installed latest BIOS update

- Physically re-seated antennas on wireless card itself

Laptop belongs to my niece and she needs to take it back with her to London tomorrow and so I urgently need this fixed tonight. Any advice or further troubleshooting will be much appreciated.

I want to avoid restoring the whole thing to factory settings as there is quite a lot of data on the laptop which will take quite some time to backup first. Just to add, it works fine via ethernet, it's only the wirelss that's causing a problem
 
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Have you tried using the FN Key + F Key to turn the wireless on. I can't remember whether they have that but some laptops have a physical switch / button and a keyboard combo.

Whats the model number? If you cant find it underneath the laptop it will be under the battery.
 
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