Dell Inspiron 15 3000 series 3541 wireless driver

samir167ahuja

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I just bought the above laptop. It came with ubuntu preinstalled. I did a clean install of windows 8.1 and downloaded all the drivers from the Dell support site. All drivers installed easily except the wireless+bluetooth driver. It keeps giving in error:"Activate bluetooth using wireless switch". I don't HAVE A wireless switch on my laptop!!! I tried restarting. On some googling, I installed quickset and toggled airplane mode with it. It works, but the setup is still stuck at that. Please help me!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768
According to the Dell manual, Function + Print Screen turns on or off Wireless. Perhaps this is what you need to do?

The Dell Manuals for your model are available here:
Product Support | Dell US
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
According to the Dell manual, Function + Print Screen turns on or off Wireless. Perhaps this is what you need to do?

The Dell Manuals for your model are available here:
Product Support | Dell US
I have done that. It toggles airplane mode but the setup still is stuck at that.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768
Is there a way to bypass bluetooth setup and install wireless drivers?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768
I would suggest you go to the Dell forum, that I linked. They should be able to help you.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
I have posted the same there. They are not replying :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768
I checked the Dell forum and didn't find your post? Where did you post it? On the Laptop hardware forum? on the Software section?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Built
    CPU
    i7 6700K
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus VIII Hero
    Memory
    16 Gb G Skill TridentZ DDR4 3400
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel (i7 CPU)
    Sound Card
    RealTek Integrated
    Monitor(s) Displays
    27" Dell SE2717HR
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Samsung 850 SSD, 3TB for backups
    PSU
    EVGA Supernova 750 G2
    Case
    BeQuiet Silent Base 600
    Cooling
    Deepcool Captain 120EX
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech wireless
    Internet Speed
    Cable - 100MB Downlink
    Browser
    Edge/Firefox
    Antivirus
    Microsoft
    Other Info
    Sonar Platinum 64 bit recording studio software with MOTU 896Mk3 Hybrid recording interface unit.
settings in bios or control panel? Also, my bios doesn't have bluetooth. I checked carefully every menu but there is no bluetooth option
Did you check PC settings as described in the post i referenced in that thread? (it was dated 17 july 2014)
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768
Thank you everyone for helping, But nothing happened. Going to Dell Service Centre today. Hope they can fix this. Thank you everyone. Really appreciate it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron 3541
    CPU
    AMD A6-6310
    Memory
    4.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon R4 (integrated)
    Screen Resolution
    1366*768
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