SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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No, that is what I am trying to connect to. Other laptops beside it can do so easily.
No, we just have an access point(which also is in another office), but the signal is strong as other laptops...
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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Thanks for the suggestions. Did all of them, but the card still fails to connect.
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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A Linux LiveCD is a good idea to test whether your problem is hardware or software, but the card might not work out-of-the-box in Linux. You might need to install drivers. For more info, search for...
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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The Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card wireless card(Chipset BCM4311/BCM2050) is in a Dell Inspiron E1505(running Win XP with Service Pack 3).
The Dell Wireless WLAN card utility has a diagnostics...
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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Thanks, wire of antenna was disconnected. Once that was hooked up, the machine connected fine.
Strange part is Dell wireless utility could not detect that.
Thanks, yes it was.
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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I would try booting to a live linux CD to see if it works in linux. If it works in Linux you know you have a driver or windows problem, probably. If it doesnt work (but linux sees it, it might now...
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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Can it connect to a unsecured wireless network? Did you make any recent changes to the router?
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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I have Ultimate Boot CD and will try that.
Windows sees the card in device manager, reports the device is working properly, but I will check with Ultimate Boot CD too
Yes, it is like...
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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Have you tried Fn+F2 to toggle wifi on/off ?
SOLVED: Dell wireless 1390 WLAN Mini Card cannot connect to a wireless network
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Click: Start, then Run.. enter "msconfig" without the quotations and click OK. Go to "Services" tab. Uncheck the "DW WLAN Tray Service" entry which should be there, and restart the machine.
IF...
