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    The Dell 1515 wireless N is a POS ... or maybe it's just the drivers

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Muscle Master, Dec 17, 2009.

  1. Muscle Master

    Muscle Master Notebook Consultant

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    This crap card keeps crapping out on me, like I have a strong signal one min. then it go to a poor signal then it' turns it's self off, right now I running windows 7 drivers .... which might be the problem, is there any latest drivers that will do this card some good

    I checked out the dell support page, and the last update to the drivers were Jan. of 2009 while the windows default drivers were of Aug. 2009


    and on another note ... lets talk about an upgrade to a better card,, I understand that the superior Intel cards are not compatible with the 1340 :( bummer

    Is there any other brands worth talking about
     
    Muscle Master, Dec 17, 2009
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  2. sleey0

    sleey0 R.I.P. AW Side Topics

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    I liked that card. lol But I have been having isses with an Intel 5100 lately.

    It uses an Atheros chipset, right?
     
    sleey0, Dec 17, 2009
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  3. Muscle Master

    Muscle Master Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah ... so I not compeltly calling it junk but the drivers are, I went to there website and it listed so many drivers ... I thought one of you guys might help me out
     
    Muscle Master, Dec 17, 2009
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    lgsshedden Notebook Consultant

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    its not just the drivers its the settings within win7: under properties within the wireless network connection screen you need to go configue and then to power management and make sure its set correctly as in disabling the ability of win7 to switch off the card to save you power and there will be some other adjustments within the advanced tab that you can make -- if you have a home environment with lots of other signals etc. you need to adjust the default settings to filter them -- sorry I can't be more precise but each situation is so context specific that the quickest solution is to open the dialogue and play with the settings until you get the one's that stabilize the card and max out its performance in your environment.
     
    lgsshedden, Dec 17, 2009
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  5. hanming

    hanming Notebook Evangelist

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    i had that problem with my old sxps 13. Now the new one is come with dell wifi card 1520 and works perfectly for me. it is a broadcom network card. The driver for it is pretty new and has no issue with it so far...
     
    hanming, Dec 18, 2009
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  6. Muscle Master

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    Is this wireless card compatible .... I had enough of this pos

    Link
     
    Muscle Master, Dec 21, 2009
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  7. hanming

    hanming Notebook Evangelist

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    no... it is not compatible. You need a half-height mini wifi card. otherwise the others will not fit in
     
    hanming, Dec 22, 2009
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