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    lost wireless connection

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by locoLindy, Sep 22, 2008.

  1. locoLindy

    locoLindy Newbie

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    I recently (yesterday) had to reformat my hard drive and reinstall xp pro on my machine. All went well except i lost the functionality of the wireless connection.

    The macine specs are:

    HP ZV5000z
    Athlon 64 3000+
    1.5gb RAM
    60gb 4200rpm HD
    nVidia G0 440 64mb
    DVD-RW/CD-RW
    1394, 5-in-1 card reader
    15.4" wide screen
    802.11 b/g w/Speedbooster

    Is there a driver required and, if so, where to I go to obtain it?

    This is not something I do every day so I'm really lost as to what is required.

    Many thanks.

    LocoLindy
     
    locoLindy, Sep 22, 2008
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  2. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    Yes you will need to install the driver. It could be anyone one of these. (under Network). Go to Device Manager, under Network check to see if your wireless card appears there. If it's there then the name should let you know which brand driver to download.

    The Realtek driver would be for the LAN card, you will want to install that. The first, third and fifth drivers are for wireless adapters but you only need one, and the correct one.

    Edit: I just saw mention of the 802.11b/g adapter in your config. above. So i'm guessing that you use the Linksys external wireless adapter and not the computer's built-in adapter. If this is the case you will need to install the driver from the CD that came w/ the Linksys card.
     
    makaveli72, Sep 22, 2008
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  3. blue68f100

    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    On a clean install you need to install the chipset driver first. Once that is install the rest of the hardware will show up. Currently your only using MS generic drivers.
     
    blue68f100, Sep 22, 2008
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  4. locoLindy

    locoLindy Newbie

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    went out to hp website and looked of drivers for my machine. The only chipset driver i saw was under audio, nvidia.

    obviously, i'm missing a loop here. where would i find the chipset driver?

    thanks
     
    locoLindy, Sep 22, 2008
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  5. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    I don't see it either...when I re-install an OS the only drivers I download and install is the audio, video and network drivers. Then run a Windows Update....
     
    makaveli72, Sep 22, 2008
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  6. locoLindy

    locoLindy Newbie

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    Finally I got it solved. Had to go out to HP chat (one hour). They looked up the serial# and model, then provided me with a driver which did not appear on the normal support web site. If this is their idea of support, this will be my last HP product!

    Thanks for your time and efforts.

    locoLindy
     
    locoLindy, Sep 22, 2008
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  7. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    So u tried the drivers in the link of my post #2 and none didn't work? :confused:
     
    makaveli72, Sep 22, 2008
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