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July 12th, 2012 12:00
Problem with wifi on Vostro 3460
I have recently bought a new Dell Vostro 3460. Today I completely formatted the hard drive, created new partitions and installed Windows 7. I installed all the suggested drivers but I have a problem with the wifi driver. I had like 6 to choose from, but none of them worked (I deleted the previous one before installing another). Some would say that they are not appropriate for this computer, some that the wireless card cannot be detected and some would simply close while installing. Also the light indicating the wifi on/off status won't turn on. However, the fn+F2 combiation seems to work as in the hardware section, where the wireless card should be, the announcement that the driver for it is missing turns off and on along with the fn+F2 combination. So, anyone has any suggestions how to solve my problem? Again, the problem is with installing the driver and that some of them won't detect the wifi card.
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ejn63
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July 12th, 2012 12:00
Before you install the wifi driver, you MUST install the Dell notebook system software and the chipset driver. Without these, the wifi driver will not load.
Mehu
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July 12th, 2012 13:00
OK, just found out. Windows7 doesn't need NSS. So I am back to square one.
ejn63
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July 12th, 2012 13:00
support.dell.com -- use your service tag.
Mehu
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July 12th, 2012 13:00
Well, that is kinda problematic. I don't need a service guy, just the driver (which I can't find anywhere on dell's site) and the mailing system doesn't work.
Mehu
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July 12th, 2012 13:00
I might have forgotten about the notebook system software (whatever is that). I think I couldn't find it on the page where all the drivers for my laptop should be. Could you tell me where to find it?
morrislevy
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November 20th, 2012 14:00
The PeerNet software states that the "Driver Log" says the "Radio button is turned OFF. Please turn it on..." but there is no visible physical switch, and I have already tried Function + F2 (Fn + F2) already. Thank you for any help you can provide.
morrislevy
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November 20th, 2012 14:00
Hi All,
I have the same problem -- I have imaged the HDD (including all 3 partitions, and found that the wireless and the wired network no longer work! The drivers are installed, except there are no link lights to the network switch, and some bloatware "PeerNet" says that the wireless NIC is not enabled! What the heck...? ideas? Thanks, all.
volvachnv
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January 12th, 2013 04:00
Similar problem. (vostro 3460 is with dw1704 made by broadcom)
Pre-installed ubuntu didnt see wifi at all, any manipulations didnt help.
I installed Windows 7 x64 and dowloaded all official drivers for my tag.
Now wifi adapter is almost permanently not responding. I tried all avialable drivers, and all avialable ways to install them, but mostly it ends with message "error 10" - cann't start device. Sometimes (once per week((( ) wifi adapter works (after reboot or removing drivers and installing them again or just reboot), but if i want it to work right now, i need to make actoins like plug/unplug, reinsall drivers, shutdown/turn on, reboot etc. in random order for several hours. I tried to find out some trends in it's behavior and determine a reason of this problem, but i failed. It's chaotic, no any trends. Sometines i even tried to unplug/plug a battery...
Each time different solution, but mostly - no solution at all.
tyddyn
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March 20th, 2014 16:00
Just a thought!...Have you enabled it in the BIOS?