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M17X R3 WLAN driver issue

Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by xxSovereignxx, Mar 9, 2011.

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Hello, I just got my R3 today and I put another HDD in for RAID0 and I reinstalled windows (thanks for the helpful people in another thread for getting around a installation issue) and I was installing the drivers and all install smoothly, but when I install the WLAN driver it just extracts the files then opens a folder with a bunch of .dll files and a couple other things but no .exe or anything. Is there any solution to this or am I doing something wrong? I have the default wifi card that ships with the system.

xxSovereignxx, Mar 9, 2011

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Try installing the driver manually. Open Device Manager then double click on what should be "Ethernet Controller" and search for the driver in that folder...You *MAY* have a few "Ethernet Controllers" listed, try them all.

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Alright it worked. Thanks man for the tip.
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xxSovereignxx, Mar 9, 2011

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I was having the same problem and it worked for me too!!! rep +++++++++++!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

devildoc17, Jun 16, 2011

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