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Old 05-29-2012, 09:50 AM   #1
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Wireless driver failed-dell inspiron 1720

pc was mess,i reinstalled OS vista
now i can't connect wirelessly..i have the messge 'windows can not find any network'"
in device manager
broadcom 802.11n network adapter-"the device can not start code 10"

i also have 2 base system device with yellow exclamation "base system device" both code 28

but i urgently need the broadcom wireless to work..
thanks in advance.
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Old 05-29-2012, 02:04 PM   #2
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Go to the download page for that laptop at support.dell.com, get the Intel chipset driver and the latest wireless driver. Install the chipset driver FIRST before installing any other drivers.
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Old 05-29-2012, 05:46 PM   #3
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thanks for replyong
and i have other questions,,this is my uncle's pc..ad since this pc was a mess..it may got virus,etc...
now the pc came with 2 disk for reinstallation,media direct and the OS
-media direct only format the HD right and make a partition if you want..
-now the OS disk install a fresh clean copy..then why it didn't install correctly those drivers..

now..in this scenario shouldn't be advisable to first wipe offf the hard drive first with something like dban or active@killdisk..to get rid of everything and then install a fresh copy of the OS/
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Old 05-30-2012, 04:38 PM   #4
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Press Ctrl+F11 on startup to reload it the way it came from the factory. No disks required.
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Old 05-31-2012, 12:33 PM   #5
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tried that already glc but it didn't work
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