Hi,

Now that the Operating System is reinstalled, the drivers should be installed in a particular order for the computer to work properly. Please refer to the link below for the installing the driver in the correct order.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/kcs/document?c=us&docid=268873&doclang=en&l=en&s=gen&cs=

The Chipset driver and the Network driver have to be updated.

The link to download the drivers for the Inspiron Mini 1018 laptop is:

http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/Product/inspiron-mini1018

The steps to install the drivers are:

• Download the driver file to the desktop.
• Double-Click the downloaded file and click Run.
• Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.

Restart the computer for the changes to take effect.

Please post back for any further questions.