I have a friend with an Inspiron 6400 laptop with Windows XP. The driver CD is missing and the wireless driver is not installed .
I have tried several drivers but with no luck:
- 1390 minicard
- the proset/wireless driver
How can I install the drivers?
I don't have a wireless device under the Network adapter label. I only have 3 things : 1394 net adapter , Bluetooth lan access server driver , Broadcom 440x 10/100 integrated controller… Nothing else appears even after installing the above drivers
There is no Unknown devices
Best Answer
First, get the card's device ID from Device Manager:
devmgmt.msc
, then Enter.Usually, you want everything before the ampersand (&). For example, my NIC's device ID is PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10F5&SUBSYS_024D1028&REV_03, but most drivers will only reference PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_10F5 or PCI\VEN_8086. Do a Google search on that to get the wireless chip or wireless device, then take it from there.
Good luck!