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Unrecognised wireless chip atheros chip on hp

Unrecognised wireless chip atheros chip on hp laptop

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The wireless driver for Dell Inspiron 8500 is Broadcom according to DELL Support.
Check if have wrongly try to install the driver and the atheros chipset name is displayed on the Device Manager.

Uninstall the Wireless Driver (Atheros) and download the driver for your Wireless card from the link below

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/driverslist.aspx?os=WW1&catid=5&dateid=-1&impid=-1&osl=EN&typeid=-1&formatid=-1&servicetag=&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_8500&hidos=WW1&hidlang=en&TabIndex=


Note : If you are sure that the chipset is atheros I'm giving you the link  for lastest wireless driver for atheros chipset too.

http://download2.dvd-driver.cz/atheros/drivers/ar5xxx/xp3264-7.7.0.259-whql.zip

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