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    M17x R3 Wireless drivers not installing

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by MercilessRalph23, Jun 13, 2012.

  1. MercilessRalph23

    MercilessRalph23 Newbie

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    I'm kinda new to this so sorry for the ignorance:/ I recently did a clean install of Windows on my laptop and started installing my drivers and it all came out good until I got to the wireless driver part. For one there is no setup file and 2 when I try to manually update with windows it says it cant install even though I point it in the right direction. Please help :(
     
  2. 4LS

    4LS Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've got the same problem with mine. My hard drive crashed last week and the guy that's working on it has downloaded all of the wireless drivers from Dell's website and none of them will work. Any ideas, anyone?
     
  3. livid

    livid Notebook Consultant

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    Clarify which wireless card you have:

    1. Dell (Broadcom)
    2. Intel
    3. Killer

    Most people are choosing the wrong wireless drivers for installation. The Broadcom driver is not signed and requires installation through the Device Manager.
     
  4. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Hi! First of all you need to make sure that you are downloading the correct one for your computer since we have several options, once downloaded, Right click on the downloaded file and hit "Run as an administrator". After you do that it will start extracting and after it finishes extracting it should automatically start the installation.
    If you still see an exclamation mark on the device manager that means that it did not install correctly and you can do the following.
    Go to device manager, right click on the network wireless adapter, select update, then browse my computer and browse to:
    C: (or O.S disc) Dell/Drivers/ (folder # specified in driver, for example Rxxxxx). And click on ok and it should work fine.
    The other way is to go to that folder normally and look for a file that says setup.exe. I'll leave here a link for you to get to the Drivers and downloads for your computer.