Hello,
I recently reinstalled Windows 7 and tried to install the drivers so it can work fine, but I have a problem with the wireless one. To be honest I've never installed a driver before and I just don't know which ones I should install and which ones I shouldn't. I downloaded some from here: http://ftp.dell.com/Pages/Drivers/inspiron-15-intel-n5050.html
A friend told me the basic ones to install (Chipset? Realtek? USB modem?), he told me those ones would be useful so I downloaded them.
- Realtek RTS5138 Card Reader, v.6.1.7600.30126, A00
Chip Set, Realtek RTS5138 Card Reader (Driver) - Conexant D400,External USB 56K Modem, v.Drv_Win7-32_2.0.22.0, A02
Conexant D400 External USB 56K Modem Win7 32 Driver V2.0.20.0-A - Intel HM57 Express Chipset Family, HM67 Express Chipset Family, v.9.2.0.1019, A00
Chip Set,Intel HM57/HM67 Express Chipset Family,Intel Mobile Series 5/6Chipset(Driver),Multi OS,Multi Language,Insprion N4050/N5040/N5050,Vostro 1440/1450/1540/1550,A00.
I also downloaded these ones:
- Wireless WLAN 1502 Half Mini-Card, Dell Wireless WLAN 1502 Win7
- Dell Wireless 1702 802.11 b/g/n, BT3.0+HS
- Realtek RTL8111E-VB Gigabit Ethernet Controller, RTL8105E-VB 10/100 Ethernet Controller, v.7.045.0516.2011,, A01
Realtek RTL8111E-VB Gigabit Ethernet Controller,Realtek RTL8105E-VB 10/100 Ethernet Controller (Driver) *** (This one gave me an error message when I tried to install it: "Driver Installation Failed: Could not find the MODEM device for this driver." - DELL,SRV,DRVR,NTWK,1703,ENRICO,Wifi: 9.2.0.496 BT: 7.4.0.126,A00
Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n - Dell Wireless WLAN 1502 Half Mini-Card, v.9.2.0.225, A00
Release: Network, Dell Wireless WLAN 1502 Half Mini-Card (Driver), WIN7 32/64 bit, Multi Language, MultiSystem[9] - Dell Wireless 1701 Bluetooth v3.0+HS, v.6.3.0.7900, A00
Driver for 1701 BT
And a video one that works fine.
After trying to install all these my wifi still didn't work. It doesn't appear on the network list. I have other PC and it works just fine so it's not the wifi. I searched a little on the forum for a solution but didn't find it. I saw people asked for this so I'll post it too, it might help:
Also I saw that drivers need to be installed in a determinate order or else they won't work?
If someone could help me I would really appreciate it, I'm pretty much confused about this.