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Problem with Dell Wireless WLAN 1350 Adapter
I have a inspiron 5160 with a dell wireless 1350 adapter. When I try to connect to a wireless network I get, unable to fine network, make sure your network card is turned on. I single computer and the four bars in the system tray have red X on them. I tried to enable the radio by right clicking the bars and then left clicking enable radio. I get a message fn-f2. I went to the bars and right clicked, then opened the utility and found that the enable radio box was already checked. Also I tried to enable the card by going to the device manger, the card had a red X on it, was unable to enable it. I have other laptop with the same card in it. It works and I compared the properties and they all are the same. Any ideas???? Sure could use some help......
ironik
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February 16th, 2006 23:00
Jerry Park
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February 16th, 2006 23:00
Jerry Park
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February 17th, 2006 00:00
1) Is the device enabled in the BIOS? If it is not, it really shouldn't even show up in the device manager, but it is possible that it is not enabled in the BIOS.
2) Since it has a red X in the device manager and you can't enable it, I would suspect that either the card is defective or the drivers are defective. Suggest you remove the device in the device manager, reboot, then reinstall the device drivers. Also wouldn't hurt the get the most current device drivers from the Dell site before doing this. Note: removing the device in the device manager will remove any profiles set up for the device, but that is what you want. Profiles may be corrupted (or the registry entries for the profiles may be corrupted).
Also, make sure you don't have a firewall running on your computer which could interfere with connecting.
ironik
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February 17th, 2006 01:00