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    To Those Who Upgraded to the Intel 6250 Wireless Chip

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by kevin.kong0, Jan 29, 2012.

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    kevin.kong0 Newbie

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    I recently purchased the intel 6250 wireless mini-adapter to swap out for my intel 1000 wireless card that i had on my m14x but after i try swapping it out, i get an error saying "the device cannot start". This happens even after i tried redownloading and reinstalling both the intel drivers and the m14x intel 6250 drivers. what could be the reason for this? The drivers install through perfectly fine and are able to pick up the wimax part of the card though. I also took the liberty of purchasing another intel 6250 chip and they BOTH give me the same thing. Has anyone who upgraded experienced this problem? If anyone has any insight please feel free!
     
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    tmaxx123 Notebook Consultant

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    i swapped mine out...never had any of your described problems thankfully. sorry.

    weird that your computer recognizes it but nothing happens
     
    tmaxx123, Jan 29, 2012
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    seelezerkleiner Notebook Guru

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    does the event log show anything related to the problem?
     
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    niko2021 Notebook Evangelist

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    If you don't see it in the device manager or won't appear when windows tries to automatically download drivers for it, you could have a dead card.
     
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    kevin.kong0 Newbie

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    The chip gets picked up right away when i turn my computer on. when i refresh device manager after uninstalling the card and the drivers it would instantly pop back up. All the drivers are correctly installed but upon looking at the chip in device manager, it would say it cannot start. Could it be possible that BOTH the chips are defective?
    For those who need more information here are the specs for both chips:
    Model: 622ANXHMW
    FCC: ID: PD9622ANXHU

    Thanks to everyone who has helped me out!
     
    kevin.kong0, Jan 30, 2012
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    kevin.kong0 Newbie

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    Where did you buy your chip? And how did the process go for you?
     
    kevin.kong0, Jan 30, 2012
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