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Dell e6410 network driver issue

Scocope

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I obtained several e6410 i7 2.67's from a seller who obtained them from the Feds. Some of the system info (from Dell Support) that's different from normal includes "Custom BIOS setting fee" (I have updated to A16 w/o issue though),"SYSTEM INTEGRATION, INFORMATION, LATCHED ADDRESS, E6410 NVIDIA, ONLY", "SYSTEM INTEGRATION, INFORMATION, NETWORK, 2GGYM, ALLOWED" these items may or may not be relevant.
After reinstalling w7pro I tried to install the network driver (from ReStore Disk made specifically for a e6410 64bit) neither drivers would install (incompatible hardware message) this has never occurred (over 50 installs) before. I've tried so far on 2 different laptops (including swapping a network card with a spare I have) Finally I used one of those generic driver disks that detects needed drivers and was able to find only a Ethernet driver (nothing for wireless) which enables it to get on the internet.
Currently it's "checking for updates" with Windows Update and once that's done Dell Support page will be able to run System Detect (then Driver Detect) and hopefully the problem is solved.
However does anyone know if the Feds order these with the Wireless disabled? This appears to be an internal issue that is intentional. I know a new MB will fix the issue but there must be a work around that will as well. Is there an additional net work driver out there (other than WD35F or 3MNPT)?
 
Look on wiki devi and they tell you the actual chipset and list alt drivers
 
+1 ^^^ find out who the OEM is ,i dunno if this is the right model, but it is one i found.....but im not certain if they are OEM...i dont think intel is the wireless OEM tho. atheros, or realtek, etc...

http://www.intel.com/products/wireless/adapters/6200/
That's what's in both and is also the spare I swapped into the first one (thought it might be a bad card initially) It's almost like the Feds had Dell disable the laptops' ability to recognize to recognize the cards. Right now I'm 6 hours into Windows update (there's going to be over 230 updates once done) once they are installed I'll be able to get Dell Support's "auto detect" to install then "driver detect" to "detect"
 
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