i reinstalled windows 7 installed all the drivers but now my wifi is not working

Hi butchderby,

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I would request you to kindly provide the system service Tag through a private message. Depending on the wireless configuration I will help you with the right drivers.

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The Drivers are here http://ftp.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/alienware-m17x-r3.html

Install the following in order:

System Utilities

ST Microelectronics DE351DL Free Fall Sensor - Will cover the accelerometer

Chipset - Chipset drivers should cover the sm bus controller

Intel HM67 Cougar Point chipset

Intel Management Engine Interface

Realtek RTS5209 Card Reader 

SATA

Intel Rapid Storage Technology

Video

Intel HD Graphics 3000

AMD Radeon HD 6990M

NEC

NEC USB 3.0

Audio

IDT 92HD73

Network

Atheros AR8151 LAN

Intel Centrino Wireless-N 1000 Will cover the network controller.

Do you have Bluetooth? If so install Dell Wireless 375

Input

Synaptics Synaptics TouchPad

Application

Command Centre

Alienware OSD Application

Amd radeon 6900 series and thank you for your help

im got rid of 2 of them but i still am having

network controller problems

Okay the Video driver is updated in the list, when installing the drivers ensure that they install and extract and not just extract (I think this may have happened with your network adapter).

If you still have issues with the network adapter after verifying the driver has both extracted and installed then install the driver direct from Intel Wireless_15.3.1_s64.zip

Note on Driver Installation

Running the .exe file Rxxxxxx should extract the driver to C:\Dell\Drivers\Rxxxxxx and then run the installer automatically.

Newer systems no location adopt the R# notation but should still extract to C:\Dell\Drivers\"Subfolder" where "Subfolder" is variable.

Unfortunately often no installer runs and the file just extracts. To actually install the driver you will need to navigate to the folder where the driver extracted to and run any setup.exe files. Many users think they have installed the driver when they haven't.

We will take for example R284334 the chipset driver for my XPS 8300 and look at it in detail:

Double clicking the file, you should get a run prompt select yes.

Select Continue

Select Ok

Select Ok. At this stage the setup should start and you should start the installation. If it does not the driver is not installed. In my XPS 8300 (and I suspect many other systems) the installers do not automatically run. Therefore in this case I have to go to C:\Dell\Drivers\R284334 (you will have to go to the number of your driver) and click setup.

Accept the UAC prompt and install via the setup program.

Usually a series of clicking next, next, finish and then rebooting. I usually tell it not to reboot until I install all the drivers it is faster this way and always worked for me however it is probably best to reboot when prompted.

i have installed the drivers but everytime i install the network drivers no matter which one i get the blue screen of death and restarts into a loop, boots up and the blue screen of death again untill i do system restor in safe mode...

What do the BSOD say?

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