Dell Lat D630

captainbarred · 04-16-2008, 03:20 PM

Hey all,

Just got a new Laptop from work. I work 1st level tech support and the 2nd level desktop guys setup the laptops.

I can't get in touch with them till next week so I am trying to solve this problem on my own....

The laptop has an internal wireless card(complete with on/off switch on the side), but it has been disabled.

I have admin rights on the machine but I cannot get the card re-enabled...

Any ideas?

I do not have the Wireless Network Connections under the Network Connections in Control panel.

If I look in device management the wireless card does not show up.(just the LAN and 1394 card.

I jumped into the registry and the folder under local machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/control/network - shows the same, LAN and 1394....

everything is enabled corrrectly in the BIOS, but under device info it shows "none" for the wi-fi device.....

I am very confused....

Anyone ever hear of a laptop having a switch but no wifi card???

**simpswr** · 04-16-2008, 03:50 PM

Are you sure they did not take the card out? Open the latch on the bottom and see if it is there.

**TriggerFinger** · 04-16-2008, 03:50 PM

hi captainbarred,

Quote:

Originally Posted by captainbarred

Hey all,

Just got a new Laptop from work. I work 1st level tech support and the 2nd level desktop guys setup the laptops.

I can't get in touch with them till next week so I am trying to solve this problem on my own....

The laptop has an internal wireless card(complete with on/off switch on the side), but it has been disabled.

I have admin rights on the machine but I cannot get the card re-enabled...

Any ideas?

I do not have the Wireless Network Connections under the Network Connections in Control panel.

If I look in device management the wireless card does not show up.(just the LAN and 1394 card.

I jumped into the registry and the folder under local machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/control/network - shows the same, LAN and 1394....

everything is enabled corrrectly in the BIOS, but under device info it shows "none" for the wi-fi device.....

I am very confused....

Anyone ever hear of a laptop having a switch but no wifi card??? -- AFAIK this is possible. The wifi card can be removed like how you remove a RAM module. The switch is (IMHO) is on the casing and in a way physically independent of the wifi card.

captainbarred · 04-16-2008, 05:39 PM

it is possible. It is a .gov contract with Dell, I wonder if Dell makes them then pulls the cards if the customer doesn't want them(Which has to be very rare these days...)

I will have to wait till I can get in touch with the Desktop support guy...

Thanks for the quick responses!

04-16-2008, 03:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
captainbarred Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 102 OS: XP Pro/Win Vista	Dell Lat D630 Hey all, Just got a new Laptop from work. I work 1st level tech support and the 2nd level desktop guys setup the laptops. I can't get in touch with them till next week so I am trying to solve this problem on my own.... The laptop has an internal wireless card(complete with on/off switch on the side), but it has been disabled. I have admin rights on the machine but I cannot get the card re-enabled... Any ideas? I do not have the Wireless Network Connections under the Network Connections in Control panel. If I look in device management the wireless card does not show up.(just the LAN and 1394 card. I jumped into the registry and the folder under local machine/system/currentcontrolset/services/control/network - shows the same, LAN and 1394.... everything is enabled corrrectly in the BIOS, but under device info it shows "none" for the wi-fi device..... I am very confused.... Anyone ever hear of a laptop having a switch but no wifi card???

04-16-2008, 03:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
simpswr Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: May 2007 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 8,940 OS: XP, Vista	Re: Dell Lat D630 Are you sure they did not take the card out? Open the latch on the bottom and see if it is there. __________________ Rich MemTest86 \| BenchTest \| Virus/Trojan/Spyware Help \| How to Post a Screen shot \| PC running slow?] Last edited by simpswr; 04-16-2008 at 03:52 PM.

04-16-2008, 05:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
captainbarred Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 102 OS: XP Pro/Win Vista	Re: Dell Lat D630 it is possible. It is a .gov contract with Dell, I wonder if Dell makes them then pulls the cards if the customer doesn't want them(Which has to be very rare these days...) I will have to wait till I can get in touch with the Desktop support guy... Thanks for the quick responses!