Background
Delivered some catered foods to family members post-thanksgiving dinner.
Rewarded with the good I tried to do, with preparing a dated laptop for donation.
Installation
Going to MS Windows.
MS Windows – 10
Tried MS Windows 10, but it crashed a couple of times upon a normal reboot in the middle of the installation.
Raised my hands up and walked away with a loss.
MS Windows – 8
I thought of MS Windows 8, but never actually the OS.
MS Windows – 7
I kicked back to MS Windows 7.
Dell Support
Outline
- Tripped to Dell Support
https://www.dell.com/support/home/en-us
Link - Entered Service Tag
- In this case, we retrieved the service tag from the bottom of our Dell’s laptop
- The service tag is 9QX8CV1
- Filtered Our Search for Driver on
- Operating System ( OS ):- Windows 7, 32-bit
- Category:- Network
Availed Drivers
Here are the availed drivers from Support for Inspiron 3520 | Drivers & Downloads | Dell US ( Link )
| Driver Name | File Name | File Size | Detail | Device |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Wi-Fi Driver | Network_Driver_KW8PM_WN_9.2.5.517_A02.EXE | 38.99 MB | This package provides the driver for Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n and is supported on Inspiron 3X20 and Vostro 2X20 that are running the following Windows operating systems: Windows 7. | Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n |
| Dell Wi-Fi + BT Driver | Network_Driver_2TWWY_WN_9.2.0.517_A03.EXE | 167.87 MB | This package provides the driver for Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n, BT4.0+HS and is supported on Inspiron 3X20 and Vostro 2X20 that are running the following Windows operating systems: Windows 7. | Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n |
| Realtek Ethernet Controller Driver | Network_Driver_GDC60_WN_WIN77.53.216.2_A02.EXE | 14.4 MB | This package provides the driver for the REALTEK RTL8111F Ethernet Inspiron 3×20 series and Vostro 2×20 series running on the following Windows Operating Systems: Windows 7 and Windows 8. | REALTEK RTL8111F Ethernet |
| Dell Wireless 1704 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Driver | Network_Driver_6J4VN_WN_WIFI6.20.55.51_A02.EXE | 335.27 MB | This package provides the Dell Wireless 1704 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz), Bluetooth 4.0+HS Driver and is supported on the Inspiron and Vostro Notebook models that are running the following Windows Operating System: Windows 7. | Dell Wireless 1704 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz), Bluetooth |
Matching Drivers
There are two sets of drivers:-
- Ethernet NIC Card
- REALTEK RTL8111F Ethernet
- Wireless
- Dell Wireless 1506 802.11b/g/n
- Dell Wireless 1703 802.11b/g/n
- Dell Wireless 1704 802.11b/g/n (2.4GHz), Bluetooth
For our specific laptop, here are the drivers that we need:-
- Realtek Ethernet Controller Driver
- Dell Wireless 1704 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth Driver
Images
Image – Search Support
Image – Drivers – Network
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