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    HELP! Intel 4965agn wont work on xps m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by tvetter05, May 30, 2008.

  1. tvetter05

    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought a Intel 4965agn mini card off ebay, and just installed it. I first installed the drivers from Intel
    Everything installed fine, but the device acted like it was not enabled. I then unistalled it, but the unistall locked up, went to shut down computer, locked up again, had to do a hard restart, then took forever to boot.
    Reinstalled using the Dell Driver CD, same problem. Now I cant uninstall it and computer locks up when ever I try to shut down. Any suggestions? This card is apparently supposed to install without a hitch.
     
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    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    So you had the driver for it on the CD? Wouldn't it be the driver for the card that originally came with it?
     
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    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    It detected that I had the Intel card, so it had that driver listed to install. I think the Dell driver disk includes all drivers that could be included with their machines.
     
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    wywern209 NBR Dark Knight

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    reinstall the card, try that. or it might be broken and someone decided to sell it.
     
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    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried taking it out and putting it back in, made no difference

    I just tried installing the drivers in safe mode, but the Dell drivers wont let it install in safe mode.
     
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    I would try searching online for the driver, rather than using the Dell disk. One of the drivers on my Dell disk (the touchpad, in fact) cause repeated BSODs until I got rid of it. :cool:
     
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    I just installed a different drive that I found in another thread, same thing happens and when I go to Network Connections in the control panel, it takes 3 minutes to load and it shows the network controller, only its disabled. When I enable it, it does nothing.
     
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    It could be that the card is faulty...you don't happen to have any other computers handy to try it out on? :p
     
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    tvetter05 Notebook Enthusiast

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    no i don't, i am going to contact the seller and try to return it.
     
    tvetter05, May 30, 2008
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