Drivers latitude e6400 ???

Hi i bought a dell latitude from a friend but the only thing is it has no asset number in the bios i am currently running bios A32 and am having trouble knowing what drivers to download for it as there is so many on the dell website.

The problem im having is getting the wirless to work it comes then goes please can someone give me a list or something of the correct drivers i need as i am going round in circles loading drivers in to it that to be honest i dont know what they are or if they are the correct one. Please excuse me as im fairly new to laptops - i do hope i have made sense. I am currently running windows xp pro 32bit - many thanks

 

Does it have a sticker on the back that says Service Tag?

 

Hi,

To identify the driver you may try the steps mentioned below.

Right click My Computer > Select Properties > Choose Hardware Tab >Click on Device Manager > Right click on the wireless card >Select Properties > Choose Details Tab > Select Hardware Id from the list. Make a note of the hardware ID.

You may reply with the hardware ID so that I can suggest the driver, or you may search the details using online search engines to find the details and download the driver accordingly. Please find below, the link for the Dell support & driver download page for E6400, you may use the same to download the driver.

Drivers and Downloads | Dell [United States]

I hope this helps. Please do write back in case you need any further assistance.

Thanks and regards
Swapnajan M C
#iworkfordell

 

Hi thanks for your advice but it seems that the wireless pro driver from intel is not compatible with windows 7 32 bit only 64 bit which i find strange. I think i might just install windows xp back on it - but once again thankyou for your time

 

Windows 7 is supported on the E6400, so there shouldn't be any issues. Are you sure the wireless card is Intel? Open the access cover on the bottom of the computer (unscrew the single screw in the middle and slide the cover downwards), and the WLAN card is at the bottom, towards the DVD drive.

Let us know what it says on the card so we can suggest the right driver.