Vista - 4965AGN - bad driver for Vista x64?

George-of-the-Jungle · 10-04-2007

I got a shiny new inspiron 1420 with vista home basic x86, and upgraded to vista business x64. I got all the drives installed and everything works fine except the wireless: in the x86 version it works perfectly and since I switched to x64 I get poor connection speeds and what I suspect to be a lot of packet loss.
from what I could gather, only the driver could cause this.

has anyone else encountered this problem with intel's 4965AGN? any help would be appreciated...

cheers.

**Choogster** · 10-10-2007

you could try installing these drivers:

64bitdrivers.com: Intel PROset Wireless Drivers for Vista x64

They`re the factory ones. Remember to install the intel driver .inf install package:

64bitdrivers.com: Intel Chipset Software INF Installation Utility for x64

George-of-the-Jungle · 10-14-2007

Dell offers a newer version 11.1.1.3. is the older version better? am I really the only one experiencing this?

**Choogster** · 10-14-2007

Quote: Originally Posted by George-of-the-Jungle

Dell offers a newer version 11.1.1.3. is the older version better? am I really the only one experiencing this?

I would stick with the official drivers - Dell may well have modified them to go with their hardware specifically.

10-04-2007	#1 (permalink)
George-of-the-Jungle Vista Business x64 2 posts	4965AGN - bad driver for Vista x64? I got a shiny new inspiron 1420 with vista home basic x86, and upgraded to vista business x64. I got all the drives installed and everything works fine except the wireless: in the x86 version it works perfectly and since I switched to x64 I get poor connection speeds and what I suspect to be a lot of packet loss. from what I could gather, only the driver could cause this. has anyone else encountered this problem with intel's 4965AGN? any help would be appreciated... cheers.
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10-10-2007	#2 (permalink)
Choogster XP, Linux x64, Vista x64 159 posts	Re: 4965AGN - bad driver for Vista x64? you could try installing these drivers: 64bitdrivers.com: Intel PROset Wireless Drivers for Vista x64 They`re the factory ones. Remember to install the intel driver .inf install package: 64bitdrivers.com: Intel Chipset Software INF Installation Utility for x64 Last edited by Choogster; 10-11-2007 at 03:20 AM..
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10-14-2007	#3 (permalink)
George-of-the-Jungle Vista Business x64 2 posts	Re: 4965AGN - bad driver for Vista x64? Dell offers a newer version 11.1.1.3. is the older version better? am I really the only one experiencing this?
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10-14-2007	#4 (permalink)
Choogster XP, Linux x64, Vista x64 159 posts	Re: 4965AGN - bad driver for Vista x64? Quote: Originally Posted by George-of-the-Jungle Dell offers a newer version 11.1.1.3. is the older version better? am I really the only one experiencing this? I would stick with the official drivers - Dell may well have modified them to go with their hardware specifically.
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