Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Laptop had to have Windows XP Professional reloaded but now have gone wireless and am having to use a wireless adapter as can't find any wireless options. Loaded minimum of drivers due to previous problems with crazy procesing so if it's a case of drivers are not loaded how do I identify what needs drivers loading to restore wireless capability. Looked in Control Panel/Sytem/Hardware/Device Manager but nothing there seems to relate to wireless.P.S. it's a reasonably old laptop but it did have wireless before - honest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Exactly what make and model is it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 It's a TIME laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Which model number ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 We need to establish this to try and find which Wi-Fi 802.11g card is fitted in there.Did you not get a drivers disk wth it when you bought it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Gone through a fair few reloads not sure what original disks are now relevant. I have Windows Advance Care loaded which specific system information do you need as there doesn't seem to be a specific model number anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Look on the bottom :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Model 8375? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 The motherboard drivers won't have changed (unless you've changed the O/S).Was it running a different O/S before XP ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Originally XP Home now XP Professional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I believe that it was made by Mitac for Time (and also Evesham ?) - so would hope that the drivers here :-http://mtc.mitacservice.com/MISC/M0100/F0130_1.aspxshould work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Had a look - searched with wireless -found various 8375 references- how do I know which is correct one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 It may not be any of them ?Does yours have Via chipsets and an AMD processor ? Is it about 5-6 years old ?I think I've just located the user manual at http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2VPC39EO - it has 175 pages (12MB .pdf)Download it and see if it is the same as what you have ?BTW - There should from what I can establish not have been a driver CD originally, just a set of 3 CDs to restore the O/S from a hidden partition on the HD ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 The wireless LAN in that one seems to have been a MiTAC Askey WLL030 Ambit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Yes to 5-6 years old. Yes to Athlon processors. YesI think to VIA chipsets. Original disks I have are8375P Reload CD (1of2 and 2of2)Notebook XP Driver CD Version 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Notebook XP Driver CD Version 9Your XP wireless drivers should be on that CD somewhere ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chord Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Had a look at CD not anything that hits me in the face, think I'll give up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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