I just did a reformat on my Gateway M-1634u Notebook using the Operating software that was included with the notebook, but the WLan driver was not installed. I tried gateway.com for the driver, but they have the wrong one. Here is a bit more info on my computer: Gateway® M-1634u Web Address: http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668218.php Processor AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0GHz, 2 x 512KB L2 Cache) HyperTransport™ technology @ up to 1600MHz Operating System Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit) with Service Pack 11 Memory 4096MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (4-1024 MB modules) Hard Drive 320GB 5400rpm Serial ATA hard drive2 Color Pacific Blue Wireless Network 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Adapter AC Adapter Application Software Microsoft® Works 9.0, Microsoft® Money Essentials & Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 (60-day complimentary trial period)3 Backup Media Cyberlink® Power 2 Go Battery 6 Cell Lithium Ion 48.84 Whr (2.2AHr) Chassis Chassis w/ Integrated ATI Radeon® X1270 with up to 256MB of HyperMemory™ and AMD RS690T chipset Dimensions (Box) 13" (H) x 17" (W) x 6" (D) or 330mm (H) x 431.8mm (W) x 152mm (D) Dimensions (System) 1.1"-1.50" (H) x 14" (W) x 10" (D) or 28-38mm (H) x 356mm (W) x 254mm (D) Display 15.4" WXGA Ultrabright™ TFT Active Matrix (1280 x 800 max. resolution) Expansion Slots ExpressCard™ Type 54 External Ports (3) USB 2.0 Ports, VGA Connector, v1.2 HDMI Connector Keyboard and Mouse Full-Size Keyboard, Touchpad with Vertical Scroll Pointing Device Media Card Reader 5-in-1 Digital Media Manager (Memory Stick™ (MS), Memory Stick™ Pro, Multi Media Card™ (MMC), Secure Digital™ (SD), xD-Picture Card) Memory Capacity Maximum 4GB Modem 56k ITU v.92 ready Fax/Modem (RJ-11 port) Multimedia Buttons Metal Precision-Touch Multimedia Buttons Network 10/100 Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 port) Optical Drive 8x Multi-Format Dual Layer DVDRW with DVD-RAM featuring Labelflash™ Technology4 Security Software Norton 360 All-in-One Security™ 2008 (60-day trial)5 Sound Integrated High-Definition Audio -2 Channel, stereo speakers, embedded microphone, headphone/speaker jack, and microphone jacks Warranty 1 Year Parts and Labor Limited Warranty6 Web Camera Integrated 1.3 Megapixel Web Cam Weight 6.28 lbs. (2.85 kg) system unit only / 10.28 lbs. (4.66 kg.) box Thanks in advance. Ohh I tried customer service and they were awefull. No luck with them.
moved to correct forum. which driver did you try, realtek, marvel or both? http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFile.asp?id=22486&dscr=Realtek Network Driver Version: 6.198.1003.2007 http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFile.asp?id=22492&dscr=Marvell Wireless Driver Version: 1.0.2.0
they are using the rtl8187,the notebook called for a rtl8187se,the difference being,one is for a usb drive,the other is for an internal.
I tried those already when installing it says "Sorry ! We do not support this operating system!!" Any others. I tried those 3 days ago after the one from gateway.com failed.
had a similar problem with gateway laptop & vista, the drivers from gateway, intel & ms for videcard would cause it to go into sleepmode during boot process. told customer to hold power button for 2 seconds & it will continue loading into windows. what does it show in device manager like an exclamation mark or what?
http://www.realtek.cz/realtek-download.php?realtek=RTL8187SE&system=3 This one worked finaly took 4 days to find. Gateway has awefull service. Last time I buy a notebook from them.