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by rich

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Guys,

I have got an acer 5050 laptop in for a format. I have done everything, no problems however I cannot get the wireless network driver. I know this is a common thing and people just arnt looking in the right place etc but this has taken me days of searching (bear in mind it usually takes me 15-20 minutes to sort all the drivers for a machine!)

In device manager it is detected as a network controller and has the dreaded yellow/black exclamation mark.

I have tried the Atheros and Broadcom drivers from acers website, as well as searching forums for similar problems with the model of laptop. Also tried 3050 drivers, nothing works!

Like I said I have spent days on this now, I have even tried installing driver download programs but they have been no help.

Any ideas? You guys have never let me down! I am totally at a loss what next to try.

Rich

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by oh smeg

But much more importantly try using the Unknown Device Identifier to find out exactly what this WiFi card is and then post back with the Make & Model as well as the OS in use. If you are unable to find the correct driver.

http://www.fileheap.com/software-unknown-device-identifier-download-34861.html

Of course it's always possible that this is a Unsigned Driver and needs to be installed in a specific Order before you connect to the Windows Update Servers. :)

Col

by jaqui

pclinuxos LIVECD, find out what the CHIPSET is for the wireless card, go directly to them for the drivers.

if it is Atheros, you will have to use the atheros.cz website to actually find drivers for download. if you don't read Chek, google the chipset and drivers download, then use the atheros.cz url that comes in the result set.

by older mycroft

Don't you mean Czech ?

As in Czechoslovak language, from Czechoslovakia. ;)

by jaqui

we don't want to confuse our US friends with correct spelling when phonetic spelling is clear ;)

by rich

Hi everyone

It is running XP MCE. It is almost as if I am trying to install drivers for the wrong device, but have downloaded and tried pretty much every Wireless LAN driver Acer have used from that time period (obviously including the 2 Acer claim it could be)

I know for a fact it is the wireless drivers I need, its not as if it could be anything else. Plus it clearly says "network controller".

I have ran several driver programs (including the one suggested further down) and none of them helped, they all provided information but when I googled the driver it was one I already had.

The WLAN worked fine before the format, there is no history of problems with it.

Iv never seen anything like it, almost makes me think Iv missed something obvious!!

Thanks,

by oh smeg

Some of these need to be installed before you connect tot he Windows Update Servers or Activate Windows.

Col

by rich

Is there anything else I can do to get round this? I have installed everything and copied documents over so the machine is ready to go out to a customer, as soon as I can sort this one problem!!

Thanks,

by older mycroft

Either [b]SIGNALUP[/b] or [b]INVILINK[/b] or BOTH ?

That's the combination that drives the WLAN in my Acer NB. ;)

by rich

Sorry, excuse my lack of knowledge but how do I try them? Neither are commands which run in windows and they look a technology associated with some cards?

I have even resorted to installing the acer programs (such as elock, emanagement etc) which I despise!

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