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    Wireless Driver Issues

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by huhndiddy15, Mar 4, 2011.

  1. huhndiddy15

    huhndiddy15 Newbie

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    Hey guys, I'm having an issue with re-installing the wirelss driver. I purchased an SSD drive an installed Windows 7 from the CD. I then followed the directions on re-installing the drivers that were in a thread on here. Everything worked fine but when I try to install the driver, which is for the 1520 wireless card, it unpacks it, installs it, and then nothing happens. It only lists the Atheros LAN port in the device manager. I know there is nothing wrong with the card as I can swap the other hard drive in and it works. Is there a step that I am missing? Is the driver on the Dell page the correct one? Any help would be appreciated.

    Oh, I'm on the R1 if that makes any difference.
     
    huhndiddy15, Mar 4, 2011
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  2. brndnbrlw

    brndnbrlw Notebook Enthusiast

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    Make sure that Wireless is enabled in BIOS.
     
    brndnbrlw, Mar 4, 2011
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