Hello,
By process of trial and error, I figured out some of the correct drivers for my inspiron 1110 netbook (service tag DPZ4RM1).
However, it is clear to me that the wireless internet does not work at all. The problem is that there are so many different wireless related drivers on the support website that I do not know which one. Although I narrowed it down by OS (Windows Vista Basic x32) and selected to view all relevant drivers for my netbook, I am still clueless as to which one will be the right one even after installing them all. (I checked the BIOS and the wireless is set to active along with the rest of the hardware so that isn't it.)
2 other things I found that did not have drivers in the device manager are: the network controller and the SM bus controller.
I saw a listing of the essential drivers for my computer in another thread but it didn't direct to the specific drivers on the website here.
I just reinstalled Vista Basic on this machine and at least have my ethernet connection working. However, it just isn't a portable device without wireless connectivity.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.