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E1405 Wireless Issues!

01 Jul 2009 09:12AM

I just reformatted an E1405 before handing it out to one of our warehouse employees, but I can not seem to get the wireless feature to work. The WiFi logo does not light up at all, and I have downloaded what I thought was the proper driver with no luck. When I go to Start > All Programs > Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility the hourglass pops up, then nothing happens after that. 

I've tried  Fn + F2 but that doesnt seem to work. There is no wireless option showing up in my Network Connections either. I really need to resolve this issue, as I cant hand it out until I do. I've tried going to the Driver section here at Dell for this laptop but none of the files are on their server anymore.

Any ideas?

Thanks, Blake

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

01 Jul 2009 11:29AM

You must load Notebook System software and then the Chipset Drivers first before loading any other driver. Did you do that first?

E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
4GB DDR2 667MHz Crucial Memory
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
320GB 7200 rpm Seagate Hard Drive
Dell Wireless 1500 802.11N
Dell 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows 7 Pro x64
Bios A17
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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

01 Jul 2009 12:06PM

No sir. Can you point me in the right direction to get those? Assuming I can download them.

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

01 Jul 2009 12:54PM

The Notebook system software is un Utilities. The Intel Chipset drivers are under Chipset. Check under opterating system to make sure you have the correct OS selected. You can look here.

E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
4GB DDR2 667MHz Crucial Memory
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
320GB 7200 rpm Seagate Hard Drive
Dell Wireless 1500 802.11N
Dell 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows 7 Pro x64
Bios A17
pur. Sept. 7 2006

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

02 Jul 2009 09:09AM

None of the files for the E1405 are available to download. I've tried most of them and they all lead me to a  "This webpage is not found". 

Any ideas as to where I can go?

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

03 Jul 2009 06:11PM

When you double click on "here" in the previous post you should get  the files to download. If you can not then

you have another issue.

E1505
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
15.4 UltraSharp TrueLife Wide-screen WSXGA+
4GB DDR2 667MHz Crucial Memory
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X1400
320GB 7200 rpm Seagate Hard Drive
Dell Wireless 1500 802.11N
Dell 355 Bluetooth Module (2.0 + EDR)
Windows 7 Pro x64
Bios A17
pur. Sept. 7 2006

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

26 Jul 2009 10:09AM

hey dallas so your saying  to reformat and first install the system software then intel bios  then the other stuff and it should work?

 

i reformated and i cant see the wireless adapter in DM and when i download the drivers for the wifi wireless it saids hardware not found ? i know am getting the correct one because am using my service tag

 

the fn +f2 does not turn on the radio. i have been at this for days. am pretty good with pcs so i dont know what the problem is.  i have the dell e1405 can you please help me

 

thank you

 

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

15 Sep 2009 03:37PM

Ever find a fix to this.  i have the same problem.  I started with Vista then reformatted and loaded XP sp3 and now my wifi doesnt work.  I bought a new card intel 5100 (intel 3945 previous) and it still does not work.  In the device manager, the device is showing, but the driver shows it can't start (Code 10).  Any help would be appreciated.

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Re: E1405 Wireless Issues!

16 Sep 2009 09:31AM

I have ran into this issue before after reinstalling the OS. I installed a bios update and issue was solved, try it even if you have the most current bios

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