DELL Vostro 1015 wireless Windows XP Driver (laptop Problem &Solution)

Ive spent 2 Days searching for the Broadcom Wireless LAN card driver for my DELL Vostro 1015 but I cant find the compatible driver with my laptop.

From the DELL support website I can get all the windows xp drivers but somehow the Wireless card driver there doesn't seems to work with my laptop, strange heh, but finally I can get it to work after some researches using the driver device id, and so I want to share it with you guys, just share the good for the good ;) .



Some hardware info about the DELL Vostro 1015:
Processors
Up to Intel®  CoreTM 2 Duo Mobile or Celeron®
  Memory
DDR2, 800MHz, Two slots up to 4GB
  Chipset
Intel® 45 Express chipset
  Graphics
Mobile Intel®  Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD
  Display
15.6" HD with Anti-Glare, HD with TrueLifeTM
  Primary Storage
5400RPM up to 320GB
  Optical Drives
8X DVD+/-RW, Or no optical
  Multimedia
1 speaker
Integrated 2.0 MP camera with digital microphone (optional)
  Power
4-cell, 6-cell Lithium Ion
  Connectivity
Wireless LAN — 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth®
Integrated Wired — Gigabit Ethernet network standard; Internal Modem
  Ports, Slots & Chassis
Network connector (RJ45) RJ11
1394, VGA
(4) USB 2.0
AC adapter connector
Headphone jack
Microphone jack
Audio jack
5-in-1 card reader
34 mm ExpressCard slot
Dimensions & Weight:
Width: 14.8" / 376mm
Height: 1.0-1.5" / 26.5-36.8mm
Depth: 9.8" / 247.9
Starting weight: 2.16 kg with 4-cell battery and no optical drive.



How to install Wireless driver:
  1. Just download and extract the .zip file (1042383891.zip). 
  2. Don't forget to activate the Wifi first.(if you have problems please leave a comment).
  3. Then use manual method to install the driver from the device manager (right click on my computer -> manage -> task manager) and right click on the yellow unknown device, update the driver from the extracted folder, thats it.



For Windows 7 the driver is here :
Download
DELL Vostro 1015 wireless Windows XP Driver (laptop Problem &Solution) DELL Vostro 1015 wireless Windows XP Driver (laptop Problem &Solution) Reviewed by Mhr on 16:59 Rating: 5

29 comments

  1. Anonymous22:31

    thanx ++

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  2. Anonymous16:25

    thanks!!!

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  3. you are welcome ;)

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  4. Anonymous20:11

    where the link plz?

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  5. Anonymous12:29

    I can not find the link.

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  6. Click Download Now then chose a mirror 'Mirror 1: 1042383891.zip
    Mirror 2: 1042383891.zip'

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  7. Anonymous12:09

    tou are a genius, of course :)
    thanck's!

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  8. Anonymous18:04

    An audio driver for this laptop do you have? Thanks!

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  9. for audio driver :
    http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=anavml

    enter your laptop TAG.

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  10. Anonymous20:18

    a lot of thanks. works fine!

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  11. there is no setup file.how can i instal this?

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  12. Anonymous12:18

    manually install the driver from the device manager:
    Go to start and then right click My Computer. A menu should pop up. Click the button that says Manage. You then want to click Device Manager on the left side of the window that pops up. You should then see a list of the pieces of hardware currently installed on your computer.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101201185743AA4acaB

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  13. Anonymous22:02

    plz do help i dont able to turn on the wifi connection even i am pressing fn+f11 the wifi connection still turning on
    ?

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  14. Anonymous22:03

    i mean still not turning on*

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  15. Anonymous22:19

    okey , if you are sure the driver is installed successfully try to reinstall it, if problem continue , reinstall the windows , I dont want to say its a hardware problem ,try again

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  16. Anonymous17:12

    thanks a lot, nice work

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  17. Anonymous16:20

    many, many thanks. you are the man, i have tried so long to find such a driver and finally a have wireless on my laptop. yeeeeeeeees

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  18. Anonymous21:28

    i tried download now and there is nothing that says install...please help me in downloadng wireless internet driver

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  19. read full article ;)
    "manually install the driver from the device manager (right click on my computer -> manage -> task manager) and right click on the yellow unknown device, update the driver from the extracted folder"

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  20. Anonymous12:05

    thanks

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  21. Anonymous17:48

    Thank you very much. It works perfectly.

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  22. Anonymous15:44

    what about win7?

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  23. You ask it, you get it, check the link above :)

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  24. Anonymous12:01

    Thanks from Croatia

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  25. Anonymous21:10

    how to active the device?

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  26. Use F2 or Fn+F2 :)

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  27. Anonymous17:04

    Can you do a video please because im very confused , a video on youtube please !!!!

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  28. Its very easy man, just follow the instructions carefully and you're done, any ways, here is a video how to install a driver in manual way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV4sy8jSzNU

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  29. for anyone wifi doesn't work, please provide the hardware ID

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