The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    WiFi

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by st_luxaeterna, Sep 13, 2011.

  1. st_luxaeterna

    st_luxaeterna Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    9
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have a network controller missing and i downloaded all the wifi drivers from dell i dont which one i have. None of them work though. i have a Alienware m17x r3 from about July.
     
    st_luxaeterna, Sep 13, 2011
    #1
  2. Joe85

    Joe85 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    587
    Messages:
    1,024
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    You need to install from Device manager i believe.

    Start>Device manager>Network Adaptors>double click on your wirless card>then select Driver tab> Update drivers.
     
    Joe85, Sep 13, 2011
    #2
  3. st_luxaeterna

    st_luxaeterna Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    9
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    cannot find anything.
     
    st_luxaeterna, Sep 13, 2011
    #3
  4. st_luxaeterna

    st_luxaeterna Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    9
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    i use lan most of the time but would like this to work if i need to use wifi. kinda odd none of the r3 drivers work. Should i uninstall the device and try resinstalling drivers?
     
    st_luxaeterna, Sep 13, 2011
    #4
  5. Joe85

    Joe85 Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    587
    Messages:
    1,024
    Likes Received:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    56
    When i did a fresh install, just installing the driver wouldnt work. Find out what network card you have(should be listed in device manager under network adaperts, usually the bottom of the network adapters list. Mine is Dell1501) go to dell downlaods and drivers, download the correct driver and unzip to your desktop, then go to device manager, network adaptors, double click, go to drivers, then select the update tab, then select search my computer to manually update driver and navigate your way to the desktop to find the driver.

    Thsi should work.

    Heres the link for the Drivers and downloads from Dell.
    http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/
     
    Joe85, Sep 13, 2011
    #5
  6. st_luxaeterna

    st_luxaeterna Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    9
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    ill post later when i get off work a detailed way to do this, this was actually tricky but i got it to work.
     
    st_luxaeterna, Sep 13, 2011
    #6