I am using XP Professional. I uninstalled the old drivers and used driver cleaner and installed the new one and works fine.........shuts off lcd when closed......
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Originally Posted by Evil_Spork
lies! all lies!!!
it didnt work for me
i dont want to have to use the stupid dell drivers!!
I resent that ....... I am not a liar and the do work fine on my gen...
Here are a couple of links for atheros drivers.........
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/atheros.htm
ftp://lizzi555.dyndns.org/Download/WLAN/Atheros/
http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Commu...?ProductID=987
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Just looking at this again. the 5006xs is a wireless card. Get your ethernet controller drivers from dell or you software disks that you got with your machine..........
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You might want to check to make sure you are installing the right driver for the right adapter.
Usually you will have a wireless adapter and an ethernet adapter. I would look in the device mananger and check. You can do a forced driver...