Intel Centrino WiMAX 6250 driver

Hello, this my first post (hopefully of many). I just got a Studio XPS 16 that was pretty loaded (i7, 6MB RAM, 500 GB, etc.) and came with the INtel Centrino Advanced-N+ WiMAX 6250. I followed a couple threads on here on how to format and reload everything from scratch. It has worked perfectly and I'm much more happier without the Dell bloatware. That said, the only issue (not sure if it's really an issue) that I'm having is with the WiMAX 6250 driver. I downloaded the latest drivers from here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18748&lang=eng

They aren't even listed on Dell's website (not that I would use Dell's over Intels anyway). The wifi and everything seems to be working fine. However, when I look under device manager, it's the only one that has an "!" on it. It says that the driver isn't loaded. Again, I don't know this is really a problem since it's working, but I just wanted to make sure this won't hurt me down the road or if anyone else knows how to fix it. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

What you should do is while in device manager, right click on the profile and uninstall and check the little box to delete the drivers. Restart and reinstall the intel drivers and restart once more. Should solve the ! problem,

 

Ok, thanks! I will give that a try, but I need to ask... is that any different then installling the driver from scratch? The reason I ask is because I just did a fresh install again last night and it did it again making it two times in a row that it has done that. I just want to make sure that the process you're suggesting actually treats installing the driver differently then installing it from scratch. Thanks again for your help!

 

Well, I thought I'd bump my old thread letting anyone know that comes across it that I can't find a solution. I've tried just about everything. I did a format and loaded the old driver. Still an error. Updated the driver to the latest version. Still an error. Contacted Dell Support. Since they don't have the drivers on the website, they directed me to the intel page. I obviously told them that's where I got the drivers from (they aren't even included on my Dell CD). No help from them. What a headache.

 

what's the name of the device and the device ID?

 

Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250
Is that what you're asking?

 

I finally found the solution. I thought I'd post in case the one other person out there gets this card because I'm apparently the only one. lol You need to download the software connection utility too. The driver alone does not do it.

 

have same problem but even after reinstalled vanilla drivers and software it refuses to work Wi max works bluetooth works the agn doesent (same card)

 

Hey archittech7-
Just logged in to say thanks for posting that fix- I was having the exact same problem with my new machine. What threads did you follow to get a good reload for it? Just threw in windows 7 professional and there's a couple of base system devices in my system manager that are showing up without drivers :\

 

i just got this adapter too and having the same problem. ill try the solution posted.where do we get the software connect utility.

 

Thanks for the fix. I had uninstalled Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N + WiMAX 6250 from Programs and Features, thinking I didn't need that program. Little to my surprise I found out later that it was part of a peice of hardware on this computer and all kinds of warning kept popping up! So I searched for a solution. Glad I found this forum! btw You can get the software here

 

Intel (R) Centrino(R) WiMAX 6250 drivers download it from here and unzip it it works problem solve copy the link to the address

STEPS
Download it and save it in desktop

unzip it

go to device manager

Right click on the yellow triangle driver and update the driver

click on search on my computer manually

find it on desktop and click on the folder you unzip

find your operating system

click on 32 or 64 bit whatever you have

then click on drivers

hit OK and your done