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ooooo · 12-08-2008, 07:53 AM

Thank you Bill! So I installed both drivers, and the 'ethernet controller' left the 'unknown devices' category and turned into Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller. I expect I could now get on the internet hardwired as you suggest...

but the Network controller is still under Unknown Devices (it has a question mark with an exclamation mark on top, as it's icon) and Windows is still not seeing it as the WLAN wireless card...it's just not seeing it. Here is the Device Instance ID:

PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10208086&rEV_02\4&6C79fC5&0&00E0

12-08-2008, 07:53 AM	#4 (permalink)
ooooo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 4 OS: Windows XP	Re: Dell Inspiron WLAN wireless card won't show up after clean install Thank you Bill! So I installed both drivers, and the 'ethernet controller' left the 'unknown devices' category and turned into Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller. I expect I could now get on the internet hardwired as you suggest... but the Network controller is still under Unknown Devices (it has a question mark with an exclamation mark on top, as it's icon) and Windows is still not seeing it as the WLAN wireless card...it's just not seeing it. Here is the Device Instance ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_4222&SUBSYS_10208086&rEV_02\4&6C79fC5&0&00E0 Last edited by ooooo; 12-08-2008 at 07:56 AM.