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Laptop wireless, how do I get it working?


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LukeMcD

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Revieved an old laptop from a friend, the Packard Bell easynote r4622

there is no options for wireless after i put xp on there

please help, I can't find any working drivers or a way to get xp wireless up.
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Troy

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Hello,

Have you tried downloading the drivers from the Packard Bell website? You will need to download from another computer and copy them across (by USB stick for example). If you have only just freshly installed XP then you will want to download and install all drivers for complete functionality.

Cheers
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Hi, I've tried a couple of drivers to no avail.

I cannot find drivers for the laptop (easynote r4622) on the packard bell site.
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you need to click on the link ( link to the old page ) on the support web page

notebook
easynote R4 series
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ftp://ftp.download.packardbell.com/NOTEBOOK/EasyNote%20R4%20series/
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Just installed them drivers, thanks.

No wireless is being picked up, under "Network Connections" in windows there is just "Broadband" and "Local Area Connection".

How do I get the wireless to appear?
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If the wireless device doesn't show up then you may not have a wireless device?

Only other thing I can think of is to turn the wireless switch on, the laptop may have a physical switch along the outside somewhere.
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