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    weird wifi card issue

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by khetik, Sep 5, 2011.

  1. khetik

    khetik Notebook Deity

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    I seem to have problems when loading videos and general browsing of the internet as my speed slows down heavily at random times. When I look in device manager under networks I have the broadcom 802.11n network adapter, and the obvious intel 82577lc for the wired use.

    The problem is that when I use hwinfo64 it says that i have the intel 1520 wireless-n half mini card, but I don't see the driver for that in device manager.

    Could that be the thing causing the problem for me? Second, do I even need the broadcom wireless utility (basically shows my speeds, monitors noise, etc) for me to use wifi?
     
    khetik, Sep 5, 2011
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  2. khetik

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    66 views and no ideas?? bumpity bump
     
    khetik, Sep 6, 2011
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  3. The Revelator

    The Revelator Notebook Prophet

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    Try these: Drivers and Downloads. They're working well for me.

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    No, you don't need the Broadcom Wireless app to use wifi. The default Microsoft Windows wireless app will do fine.
     
    The Revelator, Sep 6, 2011
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  4. khetik

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    Well according to what you said rev, i uninstalled the broadcom utility but that made me lose wifi connectivity. So I did a system restore to get my wifi/broadcom utility back.

    I tried the driver you linked to, went through the onscreen instructions (basically clicking ok through it), but the 1520 half mini still isn't in device manager.

    This is what my device manager looks like.



    EDIT**: sorry for the post before the edit, but i clearly am an idiot...i didn't install the driver initially i just extracted it (major face palm moment). Can I remove the broadcom adapter from device manager now?
     

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  5. Enkeixpress

    Enkeixpress Notebook Geek

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    Try updating the wireless card's driver to the latest version available using DriverMax
     
    Enkeixpress, Sep 9, 2011
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  6. khetik

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    is this one of those programs where it scans and tells you what drivers need to be updated but you have to pay for the full version to have them updated?
     
    khetik, Sep 9, 2011
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