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Select “Browse my computer for driver software”ĥ. right click DW1510, Select “Update Driver”.Ĥ. open “Device Manager” ( ), Select “Network Adapters”.ģ. If you are using win 10 (like me), following this steps:ġ. I found that, this is an official issue confirmed from Dell:

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Only remaining issues now are trying to get bluetooth and the fingerprint reader working not sure how much luck I’ll have with those. I also noticed that I now have a bunch of new settings available in the adapter properties area no idea what most of them mean, things like “Afterburner”, etc. Well guess what, it worked!! After a reboot, my wireless performance went back to normal and it locked in at a 300/144 Mbps data rate, normal latency, no packet loss: I performed those same steps with the R260737 package as shown below:

Broadcom dw1501 drivers windows 10 install#

Those steps are as follow:įollow the steps to install in Compatibility mode: However, in this case, someone from Microsoft replied and suggested installing the driver using a compatibility mode. I keep searching for solutions and end up on a different support thread related to a Dell 1505 WLAN card, with similar suggestions about using older drivers, and similar issues with compatibility checks not permitting the install. Unfortunately it would not install on my current Windows 10 install. However, one other post in that thread suggested you should try the Dell R260737 driver package for this card it’s a Windows Vista driver, but apparently as of 2016 you could install it in Windows 10. I did flip between that and the Broadcom-branded driver, no change in performance or visible options. Unfortunately my new install of Windows 2010 doesn’t offer more than one Dell-branded option.

One suggestion was to use device manager and choose between multiple drivers for this card a 2009 version, 2012 version, and Broadcom-branded version. Similar symptoms someone upgraded to Windows 10 and their 1510 WLAN card went from a supposed 10 Mbit to 1/2 Mbit. Rate (802.11b/g) – same as above for this one.Rate (802.11a) – this one I tried setting all the way down to 24 Mbps, which is the lowest my network supports, but none affected anything, so I left it at Best Rate.IBSS Mode – 802.11a/b/g/n Auto is the preferred setting here.Bandwidth Capability (Choices of 11a/b/g:20/40MHz, 11a/b/g 20MHz, 11a:20/40:11bg:20MHz) – I ended up finding 11a:20/40:11bg:20 worked most reliably, after solving the overall problem, as the Cisco gear I have it connected to is set to support 40MHz width on the ‘a’ radios.802.11n Preamble (This should be left on Green Field Mode unless you really are connecting to ancient networks).I cycled through a massive number of settings, and not a single one affected things in a positive manner. It’s one of the first 802.11n adapters, so it, in theory, supports a/b/g MIMO at varying speeds. This laptop has a Dell 1510 Wireless card, which is based on the Broadcom 4322 chipset. In any case, I began digging into the WLAN NIC settings. No idea if that’s a result of the iPhone not supporting something the laptop was trying on the Cisco network, or supporting something in a different manner that disagreed with the drivers. Oddly, if I enabled hot spot on my iPhone, the issue went away. This was connected to a Cisco AP with most flavors of wireless enabled minus the legacy 802.11b speeds. Pinging even the default gateway was showing about 80% packet loss, and responses I did get were seeing anywhere from 1 to 5 seconds latency. I know Windows updates are ridiculous, but 12 hours?! I discovered it appeared to be a networking issue.

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I bought a copy of Windows 10 Pro (since Home stupidly doesn’t come with BitLocker) to replace the Win7 that was installed, and did the install.Īfter install, Windows Update had been running for 12 hours and still hadn’t finished installation. I figured it’s not a bad device even though it’s 8+ years old 2.4 GHz dual core CPU, 8 GB of memory, a 300 GB SSD that I had put in it at some point, 1920×1200 WUXGA screen, nearly every port you can imagine minus HDMI, and a DVD burner. I found an old Dell Precision Workstation Laptop M4400 and decided to wipe it out and prep it to donate to a local charity. Not sure if anyone will ever actually find this article useful, as we’re dealing with ancient technology here, but I figured I’ll write it out just in case.