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    Help! - Driver issues

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Brienlaw, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. Brienlaw

    Brienlaw Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone,

    so i recently reformated my computer and my wireless adaptor drivers were not installed..so i popped in the "Drivers and Utilities" CD and tried to install some of the drivers..i dont remember which ones but I essentially installed all of them..but i still got the messsage how "Missing wireless adaptor" when I tried to connect to my router.

    Which one am I specifically suppose to install? Is there something Im doing wrong?

    my computer:
    xps m1530
     
    Brienlaw, Jun 23, 2008
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    techNOguy Notebook Consultant

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    Check your invoice for the type of wireless adapter in your machine. Some have a Dell adapter, others have an Intel adapter. Go to support.dell.com -> "I'm looking for drivers and downloads" -> "Choose by Service Tag" -> turn your laptop upside down, find it, and enter your Service Tag in the prompt -> look under "network" for your wireless adapter driver -> download and install.
     
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  3. Brienlaw

    Brienlaw Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks for the quick reply
     
    Brienlaw, Jun 23, 2008
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