Laptop Wireless Driver?

generalaragorn · 06-23-2009

Hello all!
I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop that's a couple years old now. Through an annoying set of circumstances, I had to wipe the hard drive and re-install XP. I downloaded and installed all the drivers from Dell starting with the chipset, but I can't for the life of me get the wireless to work. Everything else does: Sound, Video, Everything, all but my wireless. Under device manager, there are a few devices with the little yellow ! mark next to them. Any ideas? I'd love anyone's help.

georgeks · 06-23-2009

Hello and welcome

Can this be of any help?http://www.pchelpforum.com/2009/05/0...n-device-blog/

Spike15 · 06-23-2009

Originally Posted by generalaragorn

Hello all!
I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop that's a couple years old now. Through an annoying set of circumstances, I had to wipe the hard drive and re-install XP. I downloaded and installed all the drivers from Dell starting with the chipset, but I can't for the life of me get the wireless to work. Everything else does: Sound, Video, Everything, all but my wireless. Under device manager, there are a few devices with the little yellow ! mark next to them. Any ideas? I'd love anyone's help.

Was one of the drivers that you downloaded and installed from Dell's website for the wireless adapter?

It's really annoying, but reinstalling operating systems on laptops is a PitA unless you're prepared for it (drivers-wise) beforehand.

Make sure you've downloaded the wireless (US) driver from that website (under the "Network" heading), then give us a status update.

generalaragorn · 06-24-2009

That link did help a bit, georgeks, I got a couple more drivers out of that. But I've already tried the US driver from the Dell site, it says it installs fine and that the card is active, but nothing happens or changes. I've tried toggling the wireless "switch" (I just press the Function Key plus F2, with the little wireless icon on it), but nothing happens with that either.

06-23-2009	#1
generalaragorn New Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Some Experience	Laptop Wireless Driver? Hello all! I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop that's a couple years old now. Through an annoying set of circumstances, I had to wipe the hard drive and re-install XP. I downloaded and installed all the drivers from Dell starting with the chipset, but I can't for the life of me get the wireless to work. Everything else does: Sound, Video, Everything, all but my wireless. Under device manager, there are a few devices with the little yellow ! mark next to them. Any ideas? I'd love anyone's help.

06-23-2009	#2
georgeks Tech Support Team Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,119 PC Experience: Enough	Re: Laptop Wireless Driver? Hello and welcome Can this be of any help?http://www.pchelpforum.com/2009/05/0...n-device-blog/ __________________ You are, What you do, When it Counts

06-23-2009	#3
Spike15 Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 39 PC Experience: PC Guru	Re: Laptop Wireless Driver? Originally Posted by generalaragorn Hello all! I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop that's a couple years old now. Through an annoying set of circumstances, I had to wipe the hard drive and re-install XP. I downloaded and installed all the drivers from Dell starting with the chipset, but I can't for the life of me get the wireless to work. Everything else does: Sound, Video, Everything, all but my wireless. Under device manager, there are a few devices with the little yellow ! mark next to them. Any ideas? I'd love anyone's help. Was one of the drivers that you downloaded and installed from Dell's website for the wireless adapter? It's really annoying, but reinstalling operating systems on laptops is a PitA unless you're prepared for it (drivers-wise) beforehand. Make sure you've downloaded the wireless (US) driver from that website (under the "Network" heading), then give us a status update.

06-24-2009	#4
generalaragorn New Poster Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Laptop Wireless Driver? That link did help a bit, georgeks, I got a couple more drivers out of that. But I've already tried the US driver from the Dell site, it says it installs fine and that the card is active, but nothing happens or changes. I've tried toggling the wireless "switch" (I just press the Function Key plus F2, with the little wireless icon on it), but nothing happens with that either.

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