wireless card disappeared!gone!where is it?

Question

hi everybody, i have a dell inspiron 6400/E1505 and since 3 weeks my laptop can't find or reach or whatever the wireless card. i was used to use it normally without any problem until i lost it. now the laptop can't detecte the card i guess.. Fn+F2 doesn't work(works for bluetooth),and when you type devmgmt.msc in run , no wireless network adapter in the Device Manager window list. could you plz help me? thanks

rakpillai1 · Answer

hi, Even i have the same problem with my Inspiron 6400, the wireless card have disappeared from the device manager, at the same time the bluetooth is working fine . Please help me on this.

bere54 · Answer

yes plz... i have no idea about what's happening, somebody could help us plz?

volcano11 · Answer

If the drivers are not installed or have become corrupt, then Windows won't recognize the wireless adapter and it won't show up in Device Manager!   Look at your original system invoice to determine which wireless adapter you have.  I can't point you to the correct drivers without knowing what you have.   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

Have you tried reinstalling the drivers for the wireless network adapter?  Which wireless network adapter do  you have?  Which version of Windows are you running?     Steve

rakpillai1 · Answer

the OS is Vista and I havent tried re installing the driver, but can that be the case because the wireless adaptor hardware doesnt appear on the device manager. I am not pretty sure about the type of wireless adaptor, it came bundled with the laptop when i purchased that .

bere54 · Answer

i have xp. my wireless adapter is dell wireless wlan card..that's all i know about it.. http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?c=us&cs=19&docid=1A2C07695AB81246E0401E0A55176D6D&l=en&s=dhs   here i see that i have dell wireless... and not the pro one

volcano11 · Answer

On a computer with a working connection, go to the following site and download the driver.  Get this to the problem computer and run the file to install the drivers:   http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&deviceid=9806&libid=5&releaseid=R151517&vercnt=9&formatcnt=0&SystemID=INSPIRONI6400/E1505&servicetag=&os=WW1&osl=en&catid=-1&impid=-1   Steve

bere54 · Answer

mr steve,  i have allready tried this and i retried right now and it doesn't work . the installation is done but nothing happens still the same problem. thanks, how shell i proceed now?

rakpillai1 · Answer

Even i too tried the same , but itsnt working .. going nuts !!!!

volcano11 · Answer

Look in the MiniCard slot to see if the card may have worked itself loose.  See the following:   http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/sm/cards.htm#wp1015787   Steve

bere54 · Answer

hi steve,   i did it. i took the card out and reput it back,i also reverified the cables passing through the moniteur. it's working now,thanks for all your efforts!!! take care, i hope that i will have no more problems.

volcano11 · Answer

Great!  It's always good to know that the problem has been solved.   Steve

pmmalo · Answer

This worked for me too! After 2 years of troubleshooting, downloading drivers, etc..... You finally helped me, you really really helped me! Thank you!

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