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February 1st, 2006 19:00
Dell Truemobile 1300 installation problems
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2905 S303 with a Truemobile 1300 Wireless Mini-PCI card running Windows 2K. When I bought it, I had some problems with install, but was able to get it to work (with the exception of certain wireless routers).
I recently started having problems, so I uninstalled and re-installed both the drivers and the utility. Or at least tried to. I even physically removed the card, rebooted without, then re-installed and re-booted again.
The card installs fine - it looks good in Device Manager. However, when I try to install the utility, it tells me:
"No compatible hardware found. The software you are attempting to install is not supported on this system. the software will not be installed. Setup will now exit."
Any ideas, aside from the fact that I am not using this in a Dell system. Again, it was working for about 2 years. I know this is an Orinico card. Thanks in advance. I seem to remember having to change some Advanced settings for the device in device manager.
Esme
- Looks like the above method works the best... I've tested both - although an alternative solution (if it didn't work for some reason...?)
Instead, by checking out README.txt, I found the command line switches for setup.exe. In particular there is /infdir: or -infdir: to specify the path to your inf directory. Because my windows install was not default, and went to c:\winxpos\, it wouldn't detect the inf information for the card.
By opening a command prompt window via Start - run, to the directory of the dell wlan driver/utility directory:
Run -- cmd
Then type:
cd c:\dell\drivers\Rxxxxx\
OR
Run --
cmd /k cd c:\dell\drivers\Rxxxxx
then:
setup.exe /infdir:c:\windows directory here\inf
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A single error for a file copy was produced, but the application was successfully installed and my card works perfectly.
Reference:
This was on a Latitude C800 with a new Dell TrueMobile 1470 Mini-PCI 802.11a/b/g card installed, running Windows XPsp2.Message Edited by taikari on 07-02-200605:38 AM
- I'm trying to install a 1470 wireless card in my C610 with XP Pro. It says "No compatible hardware found. The software you are attempting to install is not supported on this system" when I try to install the driver. The driver I'm using is R115321 Will the above work for me?
- I did end up trying both methods, Delta592's remove line and Taikari's start, run. I did get the setup program to finish without an error message. My 1470 is still saying "Not Installed" in the BIOS page under the MINIPCI Device. Is that where it would show up if installed correctly? Also when the card is installed I lose my ethernet driver in the network connections page. The network connections page shows blank when the card is installed. Shouldn't both the ethernet and the WIFI show on the network connections page? . Last do one of the three lights on the right side of my C610 light when in wireless mode? Thanks for your help!!!
delta592
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Posted February 4th, 2006 22:00
So, my Setup.ini looks like this:
[Startup]
AppName=Dell Wireless WLAN Card
;; CmdLine=/app /l0x0009 /config:1400pci /homol:1 /infdir:AR1US
CmdLine=/l0x0009
ProductGUID=F16DD1B4-4933-4019-BC07-A9BF18830338
[Languages]
Default=0x0009
count=27
key0=0x0009
key1=0x001d
key2=0x001e
key3=0x0804
key4=0x0404
key5=0x001a
key6=0x0005
key7=0x0006
key8=0x0013
key9=0x000b
key10=0x0c0c
key11=0x040c
key12=0x0007
key13=0x0008
key14=0x000e
key15=0x001f
key16=0x0010
key17=0x0011
key18=0x0012
key19=0x0014
key20=0x0015
key21=0x0416
key22=0x0816
key23=0x0019
key24=0x001b
key25=0x0024
key26=0x000a
[INSTALL_OPTIONS_NT]
WL_CONFIG_FILE=bcmpn.wpn