Dell Inspiron 1720 Wireless problem

irish_stevo815

Hey guys any help on this would be much appreciated.

I had to do re-install Windows Vista Home Premium on my GF's laptop after install a new hard drive due to the original one getting screwed.

Everything is working fine now except the Wireless connections. I updated all the drivers from Dell which fixed all the garphic, sound, etc. problems but there still seems to be a problem setting up the Wireless/Wi-Fi connections.

I can connect to the router using an Ethernet cable just fine, but when i try to connect wirelessly it fails. I have the WiFi switch to on but doesnt seem to be working properly.

The current network adaptor in the laptop is a "Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller" which seems to be working fine, but i cant seem to find a wirelss adaptor (which on my own dell laptop is a Dell wireless WLAN mini card).

Any one got any suggestions?
And like i said, i've installed all the latest updates/drivers.

irish_stevo815

Anyone??? Any help at all would be good?

Update: When i try to install the Dell 1390 WLAN Driver, it gets to about 90% and get the following error message: "Update.cpp 1072"

asgaard

Try a repair by hitting F8 repeatedly at boot and selecting repair from boot options menu. I googled, but can't get any answer on this.
Also try use kind of that programs http://www.driverguide.com/ . It might help find Your wireless card (Wireless 1490 802.11a/b/g Mini PCI Card) also might it help http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=776626 . Read it carefully.

irish_stevo815

Update: problem solved. It was a simple fix really, i just inserted the disc which contained the Drivers from Dell and went throiugh the list until i found the appropriate Wireless driver and now it's all good