Broadcom wireless card

Question

Hi, everybody. I am new to this forum, I have an old Inspiron 1501 laptop, that I salvaged from an, as is store where I live. I have found all the drivers for it except for the wireless card. I pulled the card out last night, tried to find to find the driver for it but was unable to. Found your forum today, thought someone here could help me out. The wireless card is a Broadcom WLAN (BCM94312MCG), I looked for the driver in the driver and download area, but wasn't sure which one. I am running Windows XP Pro/SP3, please assist me find the wireless card driver, I would appreciate any help. Thank you. Oh I can be email directory if possible, email address <ADMIN NOTE: Email id removed per privacy policy> I hope this is ok, as I don,t want to start out with breaking your rules.

DELL-Appu S · Accepted Answer

Hi Rfwdwork,

Thank you for the response. The driver link mentioned in my above post is common for both the card. You may go to Device Manager and check for the name of the card. once the driver is installed.

Press and hold the Windows key and press 'R' key. This will open the run window
Type 'devmgmt.msc' without the parenthesis, click on 'Ok'
This will open 'Device Manager' window
Expand 'Network adapters' to check for the wireless card. You may refer the image below

Please reply if you have any questions.

DELL-Appu S · Answer

Hi Rfwdwork,

Inspiron 1501 is shipped with 2 type of wireless cards:

Dell Wireless 1390 a/b/g WLAN Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 1490 a/b/g WLAN Mini-Card

You may try the following driver and check if it works:

Click on the link http://dell.to/YAjeKl
Click on ‘Download File’
Check on the radio box ‘Single-file download’
Click on ‘Continue’
Choose the location as desktop,
Click on ‘Save’, save the file on the desktop
Double click on the file; choose ‘Continue’
Click 'OK' on ‘Select the folder’ where you want to unzip the files (make a note of the folder location)
Click ‘Yes’
Click ‘Ok’, follow the on screen instructions and install the file
Restart the computer

In case you do not get prompts on the screen for instructions, then

Browse to the folder where the files were unzipped and locate the setup file
Double click on the file; follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation

Hope this helps.

rfwdwork · Answer

Hi, Dell-Appu s

Could you tell me how I can tell if the wireless card is a 1390 or 1490? I had the card out and looked, both sides of the card, could not determine if it was a 1390 or a 1490. I will check out that link that you sent and check out the driver, Thank you, for the timely response. I hope it is the correct driver, as I am angcious to see if the wifi card works or if I have to replace it.

rfwdwork · Answer

Thank you for the responce, I haven't had a chance to check out the link you mentioned in your last reply, been busy in my shop working on a project. I will check it out tonight when I am done here. You answered both questions and I thank you. Have a good night. rfwdwork

DELL-Appu S · Answer

Hi Rfwdwork, Thank you for the response. The link I shared is likely to work for both the wireless adapters. Please keep me posted on the status.

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