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Posted on Jun 25, 2009

My Device Driver list is showing a problem with the Ethernet Controller and SM Bus Controller. I believe this is the reason my Wifi PCI card is not being recognized. Please help

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Go here to the ibm website, and from under "download types", get the appropriate drivers for your chipset and wifi card, install them, then reboot your system.

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