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driel4life
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August 13th, 2007 20:00
Wireless Card Problems
My Inspiron 6000 did not come with a wireless card. I decided to get one. I bought a, Mini PCI Card 1470. I am pretty sure I installed the card correctly. But now I am not sure what to do next. I tried to set up a wireless connection, but either I don't have, or can't find that option on my computer.
I downloaded a driver called: Dell Wireless 1470 Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card.
All this seemed to do was put a "wireless configuration utility' icon in the control panel. The icon doesn't open anything. If I click it nothing happens.
I have no idea what to do now.
driel4life
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Posted August 13th, 2007 21:00
I tried it but nothing has changed. Should I have uninstalled the driver first?driel4life
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Posted August 13th, 2007 21:00
No it is not there.I don't see anything about problem devices.Thanks for replying so fast.driel4life
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Posted August 13th, 2007 23:00
Every thing in the BIOS system regarding wireless was enabled.driel4life
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Posted August 13th, 2007 23:00
I will double check the card. The warranty is still good so I can still return it.Thanks for all your help.driel4life
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Posted August 13th, 2007 23:00
I used this driver:http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R151519&SystemID=INS_PNT_6000&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=8041&devlib=0&typecnt=0&vercnt=5&catid=-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=202138After I downloaded it and unzipped the files installshield came up. I told it to install. When it was done I rebooted the laptop. That's it.
Message Edited by driel4life on 08-13-2007 07:27 PM- For some reason it is not recognizing that there is a wireless card installed. Are you absolutely, 100%, without any doubt whatsoever sure that the wireless card is firmly seated in the slot? If so, and if it is still not recognized, you may have a bad card.Steve
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