unionguy2003
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Hi All. I finally upgrade to Windows 8 Pro over the weekend and noticed that my internet speeds went from 28-30mb downloads to 1-2mb downloads. I couldn't figure out why and after reading many, many forums, I realized it was the driver for my wireless card. It's the Dell 1505 WLAN 802.11n draft card that came with my Dell Studio XPS 435T/9000 desktop. The driver installed looks to be a generic Broadcom driver (version 5.100.245.20) from 3/13/2012. I went through Dell's website and installed package R205375, which would roll my driver back to the working version from October 2008 (worked perfectly fine). The install went fine and my speed tests went back to the 28-30mb range for downloads. Well, low and behold, I got the blue screen of death. It got so bad that it forced me to do a system restore just so I could access windows again. I've tried to roll back the driver to the older version, but get the blue screen every time!!! It's the IRQL_UNKNOWN_ERROR that is received each time. Can anyone help me? I've tried other versions of the driver, and it never works. =( =(
**UPDATE**
I tried running the R205375 patch update for the driver in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and Vista, and when I go to connect to my wifi access point, I get the blue screen. I'm clueless where to go from here...
**UPDATE**
I tried running the R205375 patch update for the driver in compatibility mode for Windows 7 and Vista, and when I go to connect to my wifi access point, I get the blue screen. I'm clueless where to go from here...
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 x64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS 8700
- Memory
- 16GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG SmartTV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Internet Speed
- 60Mbps
- Browser
- Chrome