Wireless drivers for Dell Vostro 3500

windows-7 wireless-networking drivers dell-vostro

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First, you should not be going to the Intel site. Sometimes, large OEM's get slight modifications of either firmware and/or drivers. You should go to the Dell site, and enter your Service Tag to get your exact drivers.

Try this driver package from Dell. It has both 32-bit and 64-bit drivers.

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Trufa

Updated on September 18, 2022

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Trufa over 1 year

I've just installed Windows 7 32bit on my Dell Vostro 3500 (Intel).

For some reason wireless is not working so I'm assuming I am missing the correct drivers.

I went (among other places) here and downloaded and tried both (just in case because I couldn't tell the difference).

I got this:

I'm not sure the above link is what I wanted but it made some sense.

So where can I find the appropriate drivers?

^{I can't post as an answer yet.} EDIT: Answer

I found the necessary drivers here.

I installed and it is working without a problem.

The above isn't an official link, so use it at your own risk but on my PC, it worked just fine. I think the linked site is trust worthy though.

Here is (what I think is) the official driver but I have not tried it.

I hope it helps somebody else.
- Trufa almost 13 years
  
  Please ask if you need more information on my hardware.
- hicklypups almost 13 years
  
  32-bit or 64-bit?
- Trufa almost 13 years
  
  @KCotreau sorry! 32 bit. I edited the question. I knew I was forgettingh something...
- moeTi over 11 years
  
  brilliant, your answer worked! I tried every single dell driver, and nothing worked. SHAME ON YOU DELL
- Trufa over 11 years
  
  @moeTi glad it helped!
hicklypups almost 13 years

NO KIDDING on that. 360MB for a wireless driver???
Trufa almost 13 years

It doesn't seem to work. I run the manual test and I gave me this i.imgur.com/WphX9.png there seems to be a problem with the Hardware...
hicklypups almost 13 years

Now that it is downloaded, see if you can go into Device Manager, and change the driver for the wireless card, and browse to the location you just installed the software to. It may still be using the wrong one since they are so close, so go manually pick it.
Trufa almost 13 years

not sure if I understood you. (Sorry it's been really long since the last time I used windows!) I went to Device Manager and I saw this: i.imgur.com/Kd4IE.png I tried the option to update drivers but it didn't work with any of the "other devices". I'm still not sure what you asked me to do. Thank you for all the help btw!
Trufa almost 13 years

I found the solution. Thank you very much for all your help anyway!!! I've edited my question because I can't post answers yet. Thanks again.