Vista - Dell Inspiron 9400 - Dell 1390 wireless card

Has anyone figured out how to get the internal Dell 1390 wireless card
to work in the latest Vista beta on a Dell Inspiron 9400?

On my system it says that the driver is working/running, but it is not
seeing any of the available networks and won't connect if one is
manually configured. Having the wireless card enabled (hardware) also
seems to cause a lot of hangs/freezes in Vista itself. The freezes
typically last about 5-10 seconds and then the system seems to respond
ok again for another minute or so... then back for another freeze.

Any suggestions?

The good news is that this beta build is much better for everything else
on this laptop (kinda difficult living without wireless at this point
though )

Check the website for any compatible Beta 2 drivers - it seems that
whichever drivers you're using aren't compatible and caused some system
glitches.

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"Henrik" <henrik@splitcycle.com> wrote in message
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> Has anyone figured out how to get the internal Dell 1390 wireless card to
> work in the latest Vista beta on a Dell Inspiron 9400?
>
> On my system it says that the driver is working/running, but it is not
> seeing any of the available networks and won't connect if one is manually
> configured. Having the wireless card enabled (hardware) also seems to
> cause a lot of hangs/freezes in Vista itself. The freezes typically last
> about 5-10 seconds and then the system seems to respond ok again for
> another minute or so... then back for another freeze.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> The good news is that this beta build is much better for everything else
> on this laptop (kinda difficult living without wireless at this point
> though )

Which web site are you referring to? Dell doesn't seem to have any beta
driver information on their site.

Zack Whittaker wrote:
> Check the website for any compatible Beta 2 drivers - it seems that
> whichever drivers you're using aren't compatible and caused some system
> glitches.
>

Hmm... best bet is to contact Microsoft regarding this then.
Send them a bug report in: http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport

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"Henrik" <henrik@splitcycle.com> wrote in message
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> Which web site are you referring to? Dell doesn't seem to have any beta
> driver information on their site.
>
> Zack Whittaker wrote:
>> Check the website for any compatible Beta 2 drivers - it seems that
>> whichever drivers you're using aren't compatible and caused some system
>> glitches.
>>

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"Henrik" <henrik@splitcycle.com> wrote in message
news:%23lyZHYBiGHA.3496@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Which web site are you referring to? Dell doesn't seem to have any beta
> driver information on their site.
>
> Zack Whittaker wrote:
>> Check the website for any compatible Beta 2 drivers - it seems that
>> whichever drivers you're using aren't compatible and caused some system
>> glitches.
>>

I'm having the EXACT same problem with the EXACT same card! It's driving me
crazy because its the only hardware I cannot get to work properly. It
installs fine but it doesn't detect any wireless networks. When its enabled
it locks up the machine.



"Henrik" wrote:

> Has anyone figured out how to get the internal Dell 1390 wireless card
> to work in the latest Vista beta on a Dell Inspiron 9400?
>
> On my system it says that the driver is working/running, but it is not
> seeing any of the available networks and won't connect if one is
> manually configured. Having the wireless card enabled (hardware) also
> seems to cause a lot of hangs/freezes in Vista itself. The freezes
> typically last about 5-10 seconds and then the system seems to respond
> ok again for another minute or so... then back for another freeze.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> The good news is that this beta build is much better for everything else
> on this laptop (kinda difficult living without wireless at this point
> though )
>

Well, this isn't a great solution, but the Intel wireless card on my
Inspiron 9300 works perfectly. You can pick one up for $30 or so.

Tom
"Kenny MacDonald" <KennyMacDonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:9EF766B0-D9B2-4608-833B-1EB69749A2A7@microsoft.com...
> I'm having the EXACT same problem with the EXACT same card! It's driving
> me
> crazy because its the only hardware I cannot get to work properly. It
> installs fine but it doesn't detect any wireless networks. When its
> enabled
> it locks up the machine.
>
>
>
> "Henrik" wrote:
>
>> Has anyone figured out how to get the internal Dell 1390 wireless card
>> to work in the latest Vista beta on a Dell Inspiron 9400?
>>
>> On my system it says that the driver is working/running, but it is not
>> seeing any of the available networks and won't connect if one is
>> manually configured. Having the wireless card enabled (hardware) also
>> seems to cause a lot of hangs/freezes in Vista itself. The freezes
>> typically last about 5-10 seconds and then the system seems to respond
>> ok again for another minute or so... then back for another freeze.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> The good news is that this beta build is much better for everything else
>> on this laptop (kinda difficult living without wireless at this point
>> though )
>>

Tom,

Can you send us the exact model of Intel card you are referring to
(still a mini-PCI card right)? I posted the problem to the Vista
feedback system, but that is definitely an odd way to deal with feedback
since it is anonymous and you won't get a response (just hope that it
gets noted and a fix shows up later).

I'm willing to try hardware from a vendor (Intel) that is actively
interested in working out upcoming issues with
Vista/hardware/drivers... I have nothing but praise for Dell systems in
general, but their Vista beta support is sorely lacking.

Thanks

Henrik

Tom Scales wrote:
> Well, this isn't a great solution, but the Intel wireless card on my
> Inspiron 9300 works perfectly. You can pick one up for $30 or so.
>
> Tom
> "Kenny MacDonald" <KennyMacDonald@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:9EF766B0-D9B2-4608-833B-1EB69749A2A7@microsoft.com...
>> I'm having the EXACT same problem with the EXACT same card! It's driving
>> me
>> crazy because its the only hardware I cannot get to work properly. It
>> installs fine but it doesn't detect any wireless networks. When its
>> enabled
>> it locks up the machine.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Henrik" wrote:
>>
>>> Has anyone figured out how to get the internal Dell 1390 wireless card
>>> to work in the latest Vista beta on a Dell Inspiron 9400?
>>>
>>> On my system it says that the driver is working/running, but it is not
>>> seeing any of the available networks and won't connect if one is
>>> manually configured. Having the wireless card enabled (hardware) also
>>> seems to cause a lot of hangs/freezes in Vista itself. The freezes
>>> typically last about 5-10 seconds and then the system seems to respond
>>> ok again for another minute or so... then back for another freeze.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> The good news is that this beta build is much better for everything else
>>> on this laptop (kinda difficult living without wireless at this point
>>> though )
>>>
>
>