You should only have one wireless card and on some rare cases a mobile broadband card. The rest are system variants which don't apply to your case and you can check using hardware IDs:
Hi, Philip. Thanks so much for your response. It was very helpful. The website and videos are a superb resource on the web. I will surely return to them in the future. If I may, I'd like to ask a few follow-up questions.
How would you know if you had a mobile broadband card? I don't have any unknown devices showing in my Device Manager, but there is a driver listed for the Inspiron 14R (N4010) on Dell's website. I just want to be sure. I see a device listed as "broadcom virtual wireless adapter." What is this? Is it related? The hardware ID is "Root\bcmVWL."
I installed a driver for the Realtek card reader, but I'm not seeing it appear in Device Manager as I would expect, that is, with the name "Realtek" applied to it (in the same vein as my audio device, which reads "Realtek High Definition Audio"). Perhaps I don't have this card reader. Yet, the installation was successful. Could you explain?
I haven't received a response yet. Could someone answer these questions?
1. How do you know if you have a mobile broadband card? I don't have any unknown devices showing in my Device Manager, but there is a driver listed for the Inspiron 14R (N4010) on Dell's website. I just want to be sure. I see a device listed as "broadcom virtual wireless adapter." What is this? Is it related? The hardware ID is "Root\bcmVWL."
2. I installed a driver for the Realtek card reader, but I'm not seeing it appear in Device Manager as I would expect, that is, with the name "Realtek" applied to it (in the same vein as my audio device, which reads "Realtek High Definition Audio"). Perhaps I don't have this card reader. Yet, the installation was successful. Could you explain?
Incidentally, I'm also having problems with the Wi-Fi going in and out--a problem that started right after I installed QuickSet. Is this common? Should I reinstall the wireless adapter driver?
You won't have one unless your system was configured with one. Also it would have hardware IDs of its own and show in the device manager.
The devices for the card reader will appear under storage devices. Sometimes the card reader is only an application and it uses native Windows drivers, in other cases it will install drivers.
Philip_Yip
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March 2nd, 2015 03:00
You should only have one wireless card and on some rare cases a mobile broadband card. The rest are system variants which don't apply to your case and you can check using hardware IDs:
http://dellwindowsreinstallationguide.com/downloading-drivers-checking-hardware-ids-and-downloading-and-installing-dell-system-drivers-in-the-correct-order/checking-hardware-ids-in-the-device-manager/
Modems are long obsolete and most systems of this era don't have a modem included.
TurboBoost is a technology only present for some processor variants of this model, see here:
http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/t/19515572
CliffordDaniels
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March 3rd, 2015 17:00
Hi, Philip. Thanks so much for your response. It was very helpful. The website and videos are a superb resource on the web. I will surely return to them in the future. If I may, I'd like to ask a few follow-up questions.
How would you know if you had a mobile broadband card? I don't have any unknown devices showing in my Device Manager, but there is a driver listed for the Inspiron 14R (N4010) on Dell's website. I just want to be sure. I see a device listed as "broadcom virtual wireless adapter." What is this? Is it related? The hardware ID is "Root\bcmVWL."
I installed a driver for the Realtek card reader, but I'm not seeing it appear in Device Manager as I would expect, that is, with the name "Realtek" applied to it (in the same vein as my audio device, which reads "Realtek High Definition Audio"). Perhaps I don't have this card reader. Yet, the installation was successful. Could you explain?
CliffordDaniels
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March 9th, 2015 12:00
I haven't received a response yet. Could someone answer these questions?
1. How do you know if you have a mobile broadband card? I don't have any unknown devices showing in my Device Manager, but there is a driver listed for the Inspiron 14R (N4010) on Dell's website. I just want to be sure. I see a device listed as "broadcom virtual wireless adapter." What is this? Is it related? The hardware ID is "Root\bcmVWL."
2. I installed a driver for the Realtek card reader, but I'm not seeing it appear in Device Manager as I would expect, that is, with the name "Realtek" applied to it (in the same vein as my audio device, which reads "Realtek High Definition Audio"). Perhaps I don't have this card reader. Yet, the installation was successful. Could you explain?
Incidentally, I'm also having problems with the Wi-Fi going in and out--a problem that started right after I installed QuickSet. Is this common? Should I reinstall the wireless adapter driver?
Philip_Yip
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March 9th, 2015 13:00
You won't have one unless your system was configured with one. Also it would have hardware IDs of its own and show in the device manager.
The devices for the card reader will appear under storage devices. Sometimes the card reader is only an application and it uses native Windows drivers, in other cases it will install drivers.