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wireless driver after reformat E1505
Hi, i recently had a new hard-drive installed and i used the disks to reformat and download the drivers. I can't figure out which file to download to get my wi-fi/wireless to work. Everything else is fine, bluetooth is working, i can plug in the ethernet cord and get online, but the wireless just won't work. I have an Inspiron E1505 with Windows XP. I'm at the drivers and download website through dell.com but I can't figure out which one to download to correctly get it working. Can anyone help? --Thanks.
volcano11
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March 25th, 2008 01:00
Go to the following site, enter your Service Tag number then click on the Original Configuration tab. This will give you a list of components which shipped with the computer, from which you should be able to figure out which wireless network adapter is physically present in the computer.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/details?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
Steve
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March 25th, 2008 05:00
volcano11
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March 25th, 2008 05:00
Did you install the chipset drivers and notebook system software before you installed any other device drivers?
Perhaps if you actually told us which wireless adapter you have in your machine and which driver you installed (rather than just calling it the "correct driver"), we could provide better help. Otherwise you have to rely on my ESP ability, which has never really worked all that well.
Steve
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March 25th, 2008 06:00
jtaylor104
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March 25th, 2008 06:00
I've been thinking about taking the card out and putting it back in, thinking maybe something magical will happen. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/cards.htm#wp1015787
good or bad idea?
volcano11
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March 25th, 2008 13:00
What you can try is to go into Device Manager, uninstall the devices that were installed before you installed the chipset drivers, then reboot, cancel the new hardware wizard, then install the drivers in the correct order. Sometimes this works, but most the time one has to start all over, reformatting, reinstalling Windows then installing the drivers in the correct order.
Steve
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March 25th, 2008 19:00
volcano11
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March 25th, 2008 20:00
Steve