Wireless Adapter Not Working On Fresh Install

outburst

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Hello, I recently installed Win8DP on an older dell laptop(will list the specs below) and all went well except the built in wireless adapter wont work. I install a plug in wireless adapter in the mean time. In device manager it shows that the wireless adapter dont have driver or has an exclamation mark. I went to dell website and download the driver in a folder and tried to update the driver but to no avail. This is my second win8 install and my first install had wireless issues but i was able to restart the network and it fixed that issue but not on this one. The wireless card has always worked and it worked just before i install win8. i had windows 7 ultimate on before. I am sure that i have the wirelss turned on(ctl f2). All help is appreciated.

Dell inspiron 8600 Laptop
1.3 Ghz intel single core processor
38gb hard drive Fujitsu 5400rpm
Optical drive
15" LCD monitor
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build Desktop
    CPU
    AMD II x 3 450
    Motherboard
    ECSMGP61M-M3
    Memory
    4gb DDR3-2sticks
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia geforce on board graphics
    Sound Card
    Onboard GeForce graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 20" display
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 900
    Hard Drives
    80gb WD 7200rpm IDE HDD(for now)
    PSU
    Diablotek 400w PSU
    Case
    Apex TX-381
    Cooling
    AMD CPU cooler
    Keyboard
    Vakoss Illuminated
    Mouse
    Inland Laser
    Internet Speed
    54Mbps

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 x64 Home Premium / Commodore OS Vision / Windows 8 Release preview
    CPU
    AMD Athlon x2 Dual Core 7750 BE 2,7Ghz (2/4)
    Motherboard
    Asus M2N-e
    Memory
    4Gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    GIGABYTE (ATI) Radeon HD 6870 (1Gb)
    Sound Card
    Do i have one?
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2
    Screen Resolution
    1x HD1080 1x SXGA
    Hard Drives
    1x Samsung 500 Gb
    1x Samsung 30 Gb
    1x LaCie 1Tb Hard drive.
    PSU
    Antec 500W
    Case
    Antec three hundred
    Cooling
    3 fans + psu and cpu + gpu
    Keyboard
    Logitech G19
    Mouse
    CM Storm Xornet
    Internet Speed
    110mb/ s
    Other Info
    Look, what i've created... just a few visits at the recyclement center was enough...
after updating the bios the internal wireless works but shows no signal strenth(grayed) and keeps dropping connection.....it tells me the wireless service is not running on this computer but im online and also had a message when it dropped a connection that it couldn't authenticate the connection.......i have run the diagnose option several times but haven't found a solution......UPDATE....just had to go back to the usb wireless adapter.....no go....im beginning to think my wireless card is not compatible with windows 8...it worked with win7
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build Desktop
    CPU
    AMD II x 3 450
    Motherboard
    ECSMGP61M-M3
    Memory
    4gb DDR3-2sticks
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia geforce on board graphics
    Sound Card
    Onboard GeForce graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer 20" display
    Screen Resolution
    1600 x 900
    Hard Drives
    80gb WD 7200rpm IDE HDD(for now)
    PSU
    Diablotek 400w PSU
    Case
    Apex TX-381
    Cooling
    AMD CPU cooler
    Keyboard
    Vakoss Illuminated
    Mouse
    Inland Laser
    Internet Speed
    54Mbps
after updating the bios the internal wireless works but shows no signal strenth(grayed) and keeps dropping connection.....it tells me the wireless service is not running on this computer but im online and also had a message when it dropped a connection that it couldn't authenticate the connection.......i have run the diagnose option several times but haven't found a solution......UPDATE....just had to go back to the usb wireless adapter.....no go....im beginning to think my wireless card is not compatible with windows 8...it worked with win7

You may want to try updating the firmware for your router.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
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