HOW TO INSTALL INTEL PRO WIRELESS DRIVERS ON DELL LATITUDE D830 WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2003 R2 X64

http://www.driverguide.com

intel pro/wireless 4965AGN (802.11 a/g Draft n) 802.11 WiFi

http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R142718.EXE

http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R164255.EXE this the more correct driver but try that vista driver, it probably more than fits the bill

Have you tried windows update to see if it offers a driver. Keep in mind you will need a 64 bit driver, and 64 bit requires the drivers to be digitally signed. You can also get these drivers directly off Intel's site.

i tried the intel web site : downloaded  PROEM64T.exe, PRO2KXP.exe,INTEL_NETWORK_CONNECTION_ID_TOOL_305.EXE. all failed. i cant use windows update coz i dont have internet connection on that computer  :) (though i installed the sp2 with a disk)

the links i sent you were straight up dell packaged drivers, have you tried them yet?

the download is verry slow... the first one completed now and am going to try it now. thanx

The first driver (http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R142718.EXE) did not work . it extracts but when it finished nothing happened. tried to run the setup.exe manualy but still nothing. i run the DPInst64.exe from whithin the extraced files - and it came up with a window says "the device driver installation wizard successfully scaned your machine but it did not find any devices to be updated"...

I think this might be a helpful information:
on the computer management --> device manaer : the following list (marked with a yellow '?' ) was not installed with the operating system nor with the dell drivers:
1. biometric coprocessor
2. Ethernet controller
3. Modem device on high definition audio bus
4. Network controller
5. SM bus controller
6. USB device (though all usb ports are active..)

that is a tremendous help, you need the sm bus controller driver installed which basically means you need your chipset drivers installed, a low bandwith devices actually depend on these drivers being installed,

ok do this install and everything else should be recognized.

http://ftp.us.dell.com/chipset/R153997.EXE

the SM bus controller is now recognezed, but all the other are still not..

after 4 hours of download both drivers didnt work..
device manager not unrecognized items are (after installing the chipset update):
1. biometric coprocessor
2. Ethernet controller
3. Modem device on high definition audio bus
4. Network controller
6. USB device (though all usb ports are active..)
if that helps - my bios version is A04 (i have installed the last update dells website)

The ethernet is a Broadcom 57XX Gigabit Integrated Controller

If you go to the Dell site and enter your service tag number, you'll get a configuration listing that shows what hardware you have. That will be the most accurate way.

http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/my_systems_info/details?~ck=ln&~tab=2&c=us&l=en&lnki=0&s=gen