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Wireless Networking Problem
  1. #1


    U1 Guest

    Wireless Networking Problem

    I keep getting this message and have no idea how to fix it:

    Wireless networking problem

    You received this message because hardware or software in your computer
    caused Windows to shut down unexpectedly and restart. This is a serious
    problem, commonly referred to as a stop error or blue screen.



    Although the specific cause of this problem is not known, it appears to be
    related to wireless networking.


    I went through all the steps it suggested up to the step that told me to do
    this. The wireless adapter that I have is:
    Name [00000008] Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
    Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
    Product Type Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
    Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\bcmwl6.sys

    The Fault Bucket I found is: 0xD1_bcmwl6+658b8

    And this is my System info:

    OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
    Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
    Other OS Description Not Available
    OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    System Name STUDIO-NOTEBOOK
    System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    System Model Studio 1535
    System Type X86-based PC
    Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2
    Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
    BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A03, 02/07/2008
    SMBIOS Version 2.4
    Windows Directory C:\Windows
    System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
    Locale Canada
    Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
    User Name Studio-Notebook\Sharayhah
    Time Zone Central Standard Time
    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
    Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB
    Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB
    Total Virtual Memory 6.21 GB
    Available Virtual Memory 4.76 GB
    Page File Space 3.29 GB
    Page File C:\pagefile.sys

    If anyone knows what the problem might be please help. Thanks


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  2. #2


    Barb Bowman Guest

    Re: Wireless Networking Problem

    there was a recent windows update that offered a new Broadcom
    wireless driver. start your computer without wireless support (is
    there a hardware button of key combo to do this?) or safe mode and
    either rollback the driver through device manager or do a system
    restore to a time before this started. then go to windows update and
    HIDE the broadcom driver.

    not sure this IS your issue, but it does seem likely.

    On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:45:00 -0800, U1
    <U1@xxxxxx> wrote:

    >I keep getting this message and have no idea how to fix it:
    >
    >Wireless networking problem
    >
    >You received this message because hardware or software in your computer
    >caused Windows to shut down unexpectedly and restart. This is a serious
    >problem, commonly referred to as a stop error or blue screen.
    >
    >Although the specific cause of this problem is not known, it appears to be
    >related to wireless networking.
    >
    >
    >I went through all the steps it suggested up to the step that told me to do
    >this. The wireless adapter that I have is:
    > Name [00000008] Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
    >Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
    >Product Type Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
    >Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\bcmwl6.sys
    >
    >The Fault Bucket I found is: 0xD1_bcmwl6+658b8
    >
    >And this is my System info:
    >
    > OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
    >Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
    >Other OS Description Not Available
    >OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    >System Name STUDIO-NOTEBOOK
    >System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    >System Model Studio 1535
    >System Type X86-based PC
    >Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2
    >Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
    >BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A03, 02/07/2008
    >SMBIOS Version 2.4
    >Windows Directory C:\Windows
    >System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    >Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
    >Locale Canada
    >Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
    >User Name Studio-Notebook\Sharayhah
    >Time Zone Central Standard Time
    >Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
    >Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB
    >Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB
    >Total Virtual Memory 6.21 GB
    >Available Virtual Memory 4.76 GB
    >Page File Space 3.29 GB
    >Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    >
    >If anyone knows what the problem might be please help. Thanks
    --

    Barb Bowman
    MS-MVP
    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
    http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
    http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    Scott Guest

    Re: Wireless Networking Problem

    I've been 'round and 'round with Dell on this. Problem not solved, but I'll
    report back here if/when I'm successful.

    Trying Barb's suggestion now...

    "Barb Bowman" wrote:

    > there was a recent windows update that offered a new Broadcom
    > wireless driver. start your computer without wireless support (is
    > there a hardware button of key combo to do this?) or safe mode and
    > either rollback the driver through device manager or do a system
    > restore to a time before this started. then go to windows update and
    > HIDE the broadcom driver.
    >
    > not sure this IS your issue, but it does seem likely.
    >
    > On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:45:00 -0800, U1
    > <U1@xxxxxx> wrote:
    >

    > >I keep getting this message and have no idea how to fix it:
    > >
    > >Wireless networking problem
    > >
    > >You received this message because hardware or software in your computer
    > >caused Windows to shut down unexpectedly and restart. This is a serious
    > >problem, commonly referred to as a stop error or blue screen.
    > >
    > >Although the specific cause of this problem is not known, it appears to be
    > >related to wireless networking.
    > >
    > >
    > >I went through all the steps it suggested up to the step that told me to do
    > >this. The wireless adapter that I have is:
    > > Name [00000008] Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
    > >Adapter Type Ethernet 802.3
    > >Product Type Dell Wireless 1510 Wireless-N WLAN Mini-Card
    > >Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\bcmwl6.sys
    > >
    > >The Fault Bucket I found is: 0xD1_bcmwl6+658b8
    > >
    > >And this is my System info:
    > >
    > > OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
    > >Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
    > >Other OS Description Not Available
    > >OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
    > >System Name STUDIO-NOTEBOOK
    > >System Manufacturer Dell Inc.
    > >System Model Studio 1535
    > >System Type X86-based PC
    > >Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5750 @ 2.00GHz, 2000 Mhz, 2
    > >Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)
    > >BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A03, 02/07/2008
    > >SMBIOS Version 2.4
    > >Windows Directory C:\Windows
    > >System Directory C:\Windows\system32
    > >Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume3
    > >Locale Canada
    > >Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.0.6001.18000"
    > >User Name Studio-Notebook\Sharayhah
    > >Time Zone Central Standard Time
    > >Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 3.00 GB
    > >Total Physical Memory 3.00 GB
    > >Available Physical Memory 1.84 GB
    > >Total Virtual Memory 6.21 GB
    > >Available Virtual Memory 4.76 GB
    > >Page File Space 3.29 GB
    > >Page File C:\pagefile.sys
    > >
    > >If anyone knows what the problem might be please help. Thanks
    > --
    >
    > Barb Bowman
    > MS-MVP
    > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx
    > http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
    > http://digitalmediaphile.wordpress.com
    >

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