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December 3rd, 2011 21:00
reinstalling network adapter
im having reinstalling network adapter and i cant use my wireless router
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Philip_Yip
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December 4th, 2011 11:00
What model and what OS e.g. Inspiron 6400 Windows 7 Professional 32 bit?
What router, can you connect via an ethernet cable?
perfectangel
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December 4th, 2011 13:00
i have inspirion 1545 and i have windows vista home premium i have a router but i can only go on the internet if i plug my ethernet cable from my router into my computer
Philip_Yip
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December 5th, 2011 00:00
Well if you want to reinstall the driver you have one of two of these drivers:
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/uk/en/ukbsdt1/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=K4H75&FileId=2731106966
http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/uk/en/ukbsdt1/DriverDetails/DriverFileFormats?DriverId=N0PVD&FileId=2731106653
Before trying to reinstall the driver. Tap Fn and F2 (switch Wifi off) wait 10 second and tap Fn and F2 again (switch it back on). This surprisingly solves alot of problems.