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tmobile 1300 connection unavailable
I just formatted and reinstalled xp-pro on my Inspirion 9100, and now I have no wireless connections. I reinstalled the drivers (Truemobile 1300) from the cd which came with my system, and I cannot see any wireless networks. I have a linksys router which I had been connected to wirelessly until I reintalled. I've tried removing the encryption to see if that was messing it up, but that did not help. I've also made sure the broadcast SSID is enabled on the router in case that was causing a problem. Fn+f2 has been pressed sooooo many times that I'm positive that is not the problem. I've checked the BIOS page to see if anything was turned off there that should not have been, and everything looked fine there. The device manager reads the network card as working fine. I like to think I'm fairly good with computers....but this one has me stumped. Any ideas?
volcano11
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July 7th, 2006 04:00
If you open Network Connections and right click on the wireless connection, does the drop down menu have a choice to Enable the connection? If you choose "View Available Wireless Networks" from that drop-down menu, does your wireless network show up?
Steve
ThirstyTank
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July 7th, 2006 04:00
thanks for the reply
and yeah....i read through other posts on the forum and formatted/reinstalled again and did that. to no avail though :(
ThirstyTank
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July 7th, 2006 04:00
volcano11
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July 7th, 2006 04:00
Did you install the chipset drivers as the first drivers installed after the reinstallation of Windows (i.e. before attempting to install any other device drivers)?
Steve
ThirstyTank
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July 7th, 2006 04:00
volcano11
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July 7th, 2006 04:00
Try resetting the router to its default settings by pressing and holding the reset button on the back of the router for about 10 seconds. Then power everything off, turn on your broadband modem first, then the router, then the computers. Does your wireless network show up now?
Steve
matrix_neo
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July 8th, 2006 01:00
Message Edited by matrix_neo on 07-08-200611:18 AM