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On 01/06/11 12:57, JOHN DAVEY wrote:
Hi, Shaun, thanks for the reply. I have just checked the BIOS and enabled everything wireles there. Although I have a feeling that I had these options enabled before and stillhad no joy with the wireless....OK I am now getting asked to install the driver for the wireless adapter. Which I don't have and can't find. I'm not asking anyone to find it for me mind, but it would be helpfull to know if one did exist on the internet anywhere. I spoke to DELL support and got the usual 'we don't support this machine cos it's old! Please buy another new one from us' malarky. Then was directed to a site with minimal drivers all of which don't seem to work. Maybee I just need to try them all again ?.... Jon.
Hi Jon, Try going to http://support.euro.dell.com Select the 'Support For Home Users' option, then select Drivers & Downloads.There should be an option to select your machine type, select Enter A Tag and enter the Service Tag of the machine (it should be written on the bottom of the machine, failing that you can probably find it in the BIOS). It should give you the drivers for exactly what in in your laptop, or at least what was in there when it was shipped by Dell.
I'd hazard a guess if it's a Broadcom chipset then it is probably labelled as a Dell Wireless 1510 or 1397 Half Minicard. The driver for this can be found here: http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R219314.exe (it's 70MB!).
Failing that, you could try the Intel driver (although I'd say it's probably unlikely to work): http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R214566.exe
Hope this helps. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq