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dell inspirion 1545 network controller code 1

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  • Started 3 months ago by daisymarie
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daisymarie
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Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller Driver Software is installed

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daisymarie
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downloaded wlan mini card but not showing in my device manager why?

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G41M
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Make sure your wlan is turned ON. To turn it ON, use the F2 (or Fn+F2) keys.

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daisymarie
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pressed f2 button nothing happens but im not showing the wlan mini card in my device manager

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G41M
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Does the laptop have a wlan indicator? Something that changes led light color, normally blue when turned ON?

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Is it enabled in the BIOS ?
Is it enabled in Services ?

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daisymarie
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Laptop has wlan indicator but its not lit up at all and yes its usually blue when turned on. How would I enable in bios or services?

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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As soon as you boot up the machine, start tapping the F2 key very rapidly. That gets you into BIOS.
For Services, type services.msc into Start search (or a run box). WLAN is down near the bottom of the list.

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daisymarie
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WLAN service status is now started lets hope this works. Why tho when I hit apply its taking forever any ideas?

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Best to set it to Automatic, and then reboot the laptop.

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daisymarie
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no change when I go to connect to internet it says no wireless network adapter installed but idownloaded 1 but its not showing up. network controller still yellow symbol . device status (code 1) not configured properly, no driver selected for this device

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daisymarie
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its very discouraging Im almost at point of giving up this is terrible I never give up :(

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GuiltySpark
GuiltySpark
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daisymarie ,

I think you are at the point of having to take it to a repair shop, the reason being it's very hard to know what's going on without seeing what's happening each time.

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Uninstall the driver in Device Manager, and then reboot the laptop. What shows in DM then ?

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daisymarie
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which driver? when I uninstall network controller theres no more yellow marks but when I reboot it trys to install the network installer but it can not find files and I don't have disc:(

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Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Go to the Dell support site. Enter your Service Tag. You will find the drivers there.

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