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    inspiron 1520 and broadcom 4312

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by some_guy_dude, Feb 19, 2009.

  1. some_guy_dude

    some_guy_dude Newbie

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    Hey guys,
    I am hoping someone can help me out here. I replaced the wireless card that came with my inspiron 1520 (intel pro abg) with a stock card a friend gave me out of his mini 9. I can't for the life of me find a driver that will work for this card. I have tried to install a few different drivers and got a few different error messages. I have searched for a few hours and haven't been able to find the answer on what I can do to get this card working in windows xp 32bit. The most frustrating part is I ran a linux live cd, and the card works perfect right from the livecd. I ran lspci in linux and it told me that the card is bcm4312 802.11b/g. I searched for that for the last half hour but still nothing. Hopefully someone here has some knowledge they can share with me.
    Thanks
     
    some_guy_dude, Feb 19, 2009
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  2. aidil

    aidil Notebook Evangelist

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    I checked mine, which was taken off from my Mini 9 (replaced with Intel 5100AGN). The card label says BCM 94312MCG.

    Have you try this one:
    http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R197390.EXE
     
    aidil, Feb 19, 2009
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    some_guy_dude Newbie

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    Thanks for the reply, I did try that driver and got the error "no compatible hardward found. The software you are attempting to install is not supported on this system"
     
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  4. aidil

    aidil Notebook Evangelist

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    Have you tried to extract the file and install it directly through Device Manager?
     
    aidil, Feb 19, 2009
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    some_guy_dude Newbie

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    Man, You are officially my hero! Worked perfectly, I didn't know that you could extract from an .exe, but it worked and I am online as we speak.
    Thank you very much.
     
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    aidil Notebook Evangelist

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    Ur welcome... Glad it works.
     
    aidil, Feb 19, 2009
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