Wireless network test failed

Question

Hello,   I have an Inspiron 500m with Centrino technology, running XP. Wireless have been working from the beginning, but I have rarely used it. Now that I need to use it, it seems to have disappered, but I have not noticed when, or in which conditions. The Wireless Activity on the Bios settings is enabled, but a miniPCI adapter is not installed. I have installed and reinstalled the Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 several times, at some point I formatted and reinstalled Windows from scratch, but the WLAN does not appear. At 'Network Adapters' in 'Device Manager' is listed only the Ethernet adapter (Intel Pro/100 VE).   At last, runned the Intel Centrino Mobile Technology Test and the Wireless Network Test failed, with the mesagge: ' The Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology Test Utility was unable to identify if all the required components are present, turned on or functional in this system.'   Any suggestions?

volcano11 · Answer

Did you install the chipset drivers for your motherboard as the first set of drivers after you reinstalled Windows? Steve

CantonCity · Answer

Hello Steve,

well, what I did, was to install all drivers on the Dell ResourceCD. When I did that for the Pro/wireless adapter everything is installed, no error messages come, but the WLAN does not appear anywhere.

When I tried to install the BlueTooth (even if the laptop has none), after the installation I got the error message that no device was found.

I've already tried 3 times to install Windows from scratch, but everytime is the same. I've tried all the newest drivers from Dell and Intel, they all install without problems, but the situation doesn't change.

Eni

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

Was this post helpful?