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December 12th, 2007 04:00

Do you know which make and model wireless network adapter is present on your 1720?  That would be the first thing you would need to tell us.
 
Steve

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December 12th, 2007 10:00

it's the Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card.

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December 12th, 2007 12:00

It is not clear from your initial post whether or not you are reinstalling Vista or some other version of Windows.  Can you clear that up?
 
Steve

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December 12th, 2007 18:00

Ok. It came with Windows Vista and the wifi worked just fine cause I was testing everything to make sure it all worked before I done a clean format and installed Windows XP. I prefer XP over Vista. Everything went fine with drivers until I got to the Network Controller (the wifi). I have searched the dell forums many many times finding many drivers and having tried them all, I still had no luck getting the driver installed. I am running... Dell Inspiron 1720 Intel Core 2 Duo T7250, 2.0GHz, 800Mhz, 2M L2 Cache - 2GB, DDR2, 667MHz 2 Dimm - 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS - Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card. I hope this helps out more. I typed up my first post right before I went to bed after I had spent many hours searching for a solution.

Message Edited by Evan20x on 12-12-2007 03:42 PM

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December 12th, 2007 19:00

I wish you had said that in your initial post.  Since you installed XP, did you install the chipset drivers before even attempting to install any other devices.  Without the chipset drivers, Windows will not be able to recognize or install drivers for many other devices.
 
Steve

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December 12th, 2007 19:00

Yes, I installed the Intel Chipset driver first.

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December 12th, 2007 21:00

WOOHOO! Ok guys dont worry about helping me anymore I found my correct driver after having no help from Dell. This driver isnt even listed under the Inspiron 1720 drivers and downloads page in Vista or XP. Here is the link to the correct driver for the Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN Mini-Card.

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December 13th, 2007 12:00

The Wifi driver that works with the Inspion 1720 with the Dell 1390 B/G WLAN on Windows XP for me is R169066 (R169067 is the Vista version).

Message Edited by CTskydiver on 12-13-2007 10:01 AM

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December 13th, 2007 15:00

I can't find either of those drivers. So I guess I will have to stick to R151519.EXE cause its working just fine.

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December 20th, 2007 10:00

thanks for your post.
DELL .... they never help...
 
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