Cannot enable wireless switch on Latitude D600

Question

hello all, i have a latitude d600, was windows 2000 but have recently loaded XP SP2, plus all drivers from original cd. have an intel(r) pro/wireless lan 2100 3a mini pci adaptor which shows 'radio off' permanently, and nothing i do can change it. there is no physical wireless switch, i have tried device manager but this tells me it is enabled. have tried right-click on icon (with red no entry against it), this gives me option to switch radio off, which i do, then when i switch on again i get msg 'the intel pro/wireless lan 2100 mini pci adapter is still disabled. press fn+f2 to enable it'. but pressing fn+f2 does nothing. if i go into wireless connections window and click on 'create a new connection' and try to view available wireless connections, i get msg that there are none, which i assume is due to my wireless switch being off, as there is a wireless connection. any suggestions gratefully received, thanks.

sreya · Answer

u can uninstalling reinstalling the drivers of the card(control panel > add remove prog> intel wireless software ) then reinstall the drivers from here.   http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R105328&SystemID=LAT_PNT_PM_D600&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=4155&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=9&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=135925     see if it works if not then try reseating it( call up tech support  if u face problem)   <ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell> ( the 1 that says mini card in this page is the wireless card)   if these doesnt work then buy a wireless usb or pci adapter...   Sreya

alittleknowledg · Answer

sreya, many thanks for advice. i've tried both to no avail so i guess it's time for a wirless usb or pci adaptor. regards, alittle.

WonderingAloud · Answer

Is the wireless adapter turned on (enabled) in in the bios?   Dumb question maybe but it's happened here where I work.   WA Message Edited by WonderingAloud on 10-25-2007 03:55 PM

alittleknowledg · Answer

dear wonderingaloud, that worked a treat, many thanks.

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Cannot enable wireless switch on Latitude D600

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