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    M17X R3 Missing driver?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by joon82, May 11, 2011.

  1. joon82

    joon82 Notebook Consultant

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    Just did fresh install of win 7 on SSD.
    poped in resource disk and installed all the software in My System.
    Somehow it did not pick my wireless adapter so I had to goto Driver to install.
    I tried installing all drivers in resource driver and still have 2 missing drivers.

    Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controller
    Unknown device

    Seems like non of my usbs are working
     
    joon82, May 11, 2011
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  2. joon82

    joon82 Notebook Consultant

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    Just found usb 3.0 driver in dell website.
    I wonder why it was not in resource disk
    but still stuck with one unknown device.
     
    joon82, May 11, 2011
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  3. Kotori

    Kotori Notebook Guru

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    Its that sd card reader your missing. I just did this over weekend and cried over trying to figure it out Haha.
     
    Kotori, May 11, 2011
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    razor16190 Notebook Geek

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    im having problems getting the wireless adapter to work on my R3.

    installed drivers for my card which is Dell Half mini-card DW1501, but my wireless adapter still doesn't show up in network connections.

    I am certain that the driver is the right one.

    Let me know if you can help me :)

    thanks in advance
     
    razor16190, May 11, 2011
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  5. joon82

    joon82 Notebook Consultant

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    Just tried installing sd card reader but not it. I used file from resource disk to install wireless card. Same as yours.
     
    joon82, May 11, 2011
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    tried that also, no luck. :(
    i wonder what could be the problem
     
    razor16190, May 11, 2011
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  7. darkloki

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    Fall Sensor Sensor Fall something about HDD. check it out <---- Unknown Device
     
    darkloki, May 11, 2011
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  8. Kotori

    Kotori Notebook Guru

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    I downloaded every driver on the m17 dell support site and it cleared everything for me. Two unknown devices were sd reader and the sata drive thing. Ill have to find a link when im at a computer.
     
    Kotori, May 11, 2011
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    The unknown devices may have hardware IDs that you can view in the Device Manager. That might help narrow things down.
     
    shadowyani, May 11, 2011
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  10. zsports

    zsports Notebook Enthusiast

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    It is what darkloki said, free fall sender driver.
    I have the Samsung 470 ssd, and had the same problem. Installed the free fall sens
    er...and the unknown device issue went away.
     
    zsports, May 11, 2011
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  11. silentmoon

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    can anybody tell me the ID for universal serial bus driver
     
    silentmoon, May 4, 2012
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    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    I'm having the same issue. I reinstalled OS a few weeks ago and eveything has been fine until now. I was just about to upload photos off my SD card and my computer won't read it. I downloaded and reinstalled the Realtek Card Reader driver and still no luck. Does anyone have any other solutions? Thanks!
     
    DarthGator14, Jun 3, 2012
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