I have a Dell Inspiron E1705 with an internal wireless card (1500 Draft 8.11n mini). My laptop got dropped this morning and now the wireless card is not showing up in the device manager. I opened up the laptop and the card looks to be intact and the connections look solid as well. I’m afraid there is something I am missing. What do you think I can do to get my wireless back?
May 4th, 2010 on 4:43 pm
Make sure everything is in its place and that there’s no pieces missing or broken.
May 4th, 2010 on 4:43 pm
Many things can be damaged when a lap top is dropped. If in warranty send or take in for repairs.
Make sure the wireless card is enabled by going to devise manager and update the driver.
Trouble shooting connection problems: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/Troubleshoot-network-connection-problems
May 4th, 2010 on 4:43 pm
Check all the soldering connections near the card if not check you’ve got all the right drivers
May 4th, 2010 on 4:43 pm
Even if it looks okay, the connection might be broken. Disconnect and reconnect the device. If it doesn’t help it’s probably broken and you should take it to get replaced
May 4th, 2010 on 4:43 pm
You wont be able to find the difference you need to contact a technician from dell or any good maintenance company…
May 4th, 2010 on 4:43 pm
Try backing up your files and re-booting the system.
Is your wireless maybe accidentally got disabled?
Um.. maybe the impact on the laptop when it dropped to the floor did an internal damage that you cannot see on the wireless adapter card.
I’m not exactly sure what it is.
Hope this helped!