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September 15th, 2007 22:00

Need help with my Wireless (has not found new hardware)

I have a Inspiron B130 and im having a problem with my wireless connection when i go into my network connections i dont see anything wireless expect for "setup a wireless network for a home or small office". i just got a chip today called Dell 1370 802.11b/g MPCI. i just put it in back of my laptop and i installed the cd and nothing happen after that. then i reformatted my laptop to see if it works and i dont know what else to do please help . My Specs that i have on the laptop Inspiron B130 Intel® Pentium® M Processor 740 (1.73GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB) LCD Panel 15.4in WXGA Display Memory 512MB DDR2 SDRAM 2 Dimm Video Card Integrated Intel® Media Accelerator 900 Graphics Hard Drive 80GB Hard Drive Operating System (Office software not included) Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition Integrated Modem and NIC Internal 56K Modem and Integrated Network Card Combo/DVD+RW Drives 24X CD Burner/DVD Combo Drive Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No productivity suite- Corel WordPerfect word processor only Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) No Security Subscription Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo! Music- Entry level with 90 days of On Demand Primary Battery 4-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery (29 WHr)

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September 16th, 2007 23:00

If I understand correctly, you have just installed the wireless hardware. Does the wireless device appear in the Device Manager? If not, it is probably not enabled. Check in the BIOS (press F2 at startup) and make sure wireless is enabled there. You may need to toggle the radio button for the wireless function once you are in Windows (press Fn + F2). David

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September 17th, 2007 00:00

If I understand correctly, you have just installed the wireless hardware. Does the wireless device appear in the Device Manager? No it does not show up on device manager If not, it is probably not enabled. Check in the BIOS (press F2 at startup) and make sure wireless is enabled there. i made sure it enabled before installing the cd You may need to toggle the radio button for the wireless function once you are in Windows (press Fn + F2)where is fn at and when do i hit it when i see windows loading up or something

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September 17th, 2007 01:00

The Fn+F2 key combo is used after the system has booted completely into windows. It simply toggles between enabled and disabled for the wireless card.

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September 17th, 2007 02:00

so what should i do bc im about to return this item
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