Vostro 3350 and Windows 7 network drivers

Question

I've recently purchased a Vostro 3350 with 64-bit i5 cpu. I've installed Windows 7 (64-bit of course), and everything went fine, except a lot of drivers were missing. Even the USB driver was missing, so I couldn't plugin anything. I've downloaded every driver possible from the support site and installed it. I got usb working, ethernet too. But some drivers are still missing - SM bus cntroller, network controller, generic bluetooth adapter, and two more 'unknown' devices. So basically I can connect to the internet if I physically connect my laptop to a router with cable. But no wireless connection available. Which makes my laptop somewhat useless. I've tried updating the drivers from the device manager when connected to the interenr but nothing was found. Is this a known problem? could it be that there are no drivers for Wondows7?!

ieee488 · Answer

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=DSN_1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744&isLegacy=true   ...

ieee488 · Answer

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&l=en&s=gen&docid=DSN_1A0C0937D62A8739E0401E0A55174744&isLegacy=true

atmirferreira · Answer

I have the same problems and i cant find the drive for fireless drive.

Philip_Yip · Answer

Follow the instructions here and let unknown the hardware IDs of any missing devices, as well as the network controllers and display adapters:

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/

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