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    M1530 Wifi - Upgraded from Intel 4965 to 5300 wifi icon blinking.

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by EGM92, Aug 13, 2009.

  1. EGM92

    EGM92 Notebook Evangelist

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    Hey everyone,

    I recently had the oppertunity to get a new 5300 wifi card from a friends broken laptop for 5$ so I took it. I replaced my old 4965 that I got with my Dell, I booted up the system, installed the drivers and everything seems to work fine except now my wifi icon on the media bar (right beside the power button) every once in a while keeps flashing.

    Anyone know why it's doing this? Is there an error? Also when I press the wifi catcher button, nothing happens. I get the Win7/Vista circle loading circle for a split second then nothing.

    Running Windows 7 64bit RTM.

    Thanks!
     
    EGM92, Aug 13, 2009
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