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Trouble with Dell Inspiron 1525

  • 07-08-2010 8:24pm
    #1
    Fizman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭


    Lads I'm having a bit of trouble with a cousins laptop. It was riddled with trojans so I just reinstalled Vista (64 bit). I'm now having trouble getting online. It doesn't seem to recognise the onboard network card, and I have tried downloading the 1525 driver download from dell but haven't had any luck. It still doesn't seem to recognise it (ethernet controller in device manager has a yellow asterix).

    Any ideas? I'm at a bit of a loss at the minute.


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  • #2
    shinobi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 447 ✭✭shinobi


    In the installation did you choose to format the hard disk first? Or did you just install Windows 7 over the old installation? If you did the latter it is probably best to start from scratch & choose to do a clean install which includes wiping the hard disk first.


  • #3
    Raedwald
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭Raedwald


    If you just installed the new Vista over the old one, this tends to happen.

    You will need to wipe the hard drive first and re-boot the whole computer installing everything that was on it previously. If you can save everything on the computer that you need, cause no chance of getting it back.


  • #4
    jpl888
    Closed Accounts Posts: 407 ✭✭jpl888


    It's possibly because the only drivers on the dell website for the Inspiron 1525 are 32 bit and you said you've installed Vista 64 bit.

    You can find a 64bit driver at http://www.marvell.com/support.html I think if you choose 88e8000 from the list (the first entry) that will do, couldn't find one with xx in.

    Hope this helps.


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