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    Drivers for wireless/ dont know what wireless card i have

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by 3demons, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. 3demons

    3demons Battlefield 3 Ace

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    hey guys, i never really needed wireless up until now. i realized my drivers arent installed on my computer for wireless, and i do not even remember what type of wireless card i have. i know for a fact that it is not a 6300.

    so my question is how can i see what wireless card i have for my m17x r2? hopefully once i figure that out, ill be able to go onto the dell drivers website, and dl the right driver. thanks!
     
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    right click on My computer, hit Manage, then tap on Device Manager on the left panel.

    Extend both

    1. Network Adapter. If your wireless card does not show up here, go to step 2.

    2. Other devices (if your wireless card driver has not been installed, it will appear under this category). Double click on the "unknown device" to see the detail of your wireless card. There might be several unknown devices since you haven't installed all of them, but one of them should be the wireless card.
     
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    k i got two unknown devices, one is located on: PCI Bus the other is located on: n Intel(R) PM55 Express Chipset LPC Interface Controller - 3B03

    lol, which one is it?
    btw thats all the information i have on the two devices, just their location apparently
     
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    thought i did, i guess i missed it..? but i do remember installing the chipset, it was the first thing i did... hmm, not i tried to install the wireless card driver and after unzipping it said "please insert disk 1" ...? i dont have any disks.... man, ill install the chipset on the site u gave me and see if that works.
     
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