Network card problem in new Dell notebooks
Posted by Daman Dang on June 9, 2008
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Problem: You turned your laptop on and connected the network cable but the system is not connecting to the network. The network card (NIC) is not there in the device manager either as if it is not installed.
Cause: When turned on with Power cable unplugged (running on battery), the Quickset utility in the newer Dell notebooks disables the network card by default thinking that you are on the go and won’t be connecting to a network cable.
Solution: Open the Quickset utility and select “Internal Network Card Power Management”. The “Internal Network Card Power Management” dialogue box will appear. Select the option “always activate on battery” and then click “Apply” and Restart your laptop.
nzunda simukoko said
I downgraded from Vista to XP, this problem seems to be happening only on one of the three I downgraded. Each time i have to go The Internal Network Card Power Management to activate the battery if ti is on battery. After i use it,each time I restart the laptop if it is on battery, it will be deactivated.
Is it possible that it is because of the version of the Quickset, or is it the network card that has a problem?
why is it that only one of them is giving this problem?