wireless adapter disappeared

Try reinstalling the drivers for the wireless card.  You can download them from:

 

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=8274&libid=5

 

Steve

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately I was not able to install the Wireless driver because it couldn't find the wireless adapter. I then tried a number of things following the dell support manuals, but these didn't work either. In brief, I verified that an Intel 2200MiniPCI card was shipped with my pc, and that the setup menu indicated that the MiniPCI device said "wireless" and that the MiniPCI status said "enabled" under the "Wireless Configuration" of the Setup menu. Furthermore, reloading the system defaults didn't help. Finally, I tried repositioning the wireless card again with no success.

 

Any other ideas?

Does the wireless adapter show up in Device Manager?

 

Steve

The only thing that appears under "network adapters" is the "Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller", but I don't think that is a wireless adapter.

If pulling the card out and re-insert it does not make it appear in Device Manager and the driver installation program does not detect the wireless adapter, the only thing I can conclude is that the wireless adapter is fried.

 

Steve

I think that you are probably right. Thanks for your perspective.