I don't know what to do, and my brother thinks I'm a total redneck (he's not entirely wrong, heh!). It is also worth to mention that there is no original Centrino Wireless-n 2230 driver made specifically for the Dell L501X. I made perfectly sure the black and white connectors were properly attached to the adapter, and rebooted the laptop many times.
Moreover, I tried to uninstall the Ethernet Controller's drivers from the device manager to see if it made a difference, to no avail.
#Intel centrino wireless n 2230 card install
I also tried to install the card into my wife's Dell Studio 15 (which is 5 years old) still no luck, the other laptop doesn't recognize it either. I tried to install countless drivers from the web, more precisely from OEM websites (Lenovo, Dell, Acer) or from other random websites nothing as worked yet.
However, after installing it in the laptop, it hasn't shown any sign of life with no failed installation notice whatsoever. I chose the Intel Centrino Wireless-n 2230 for its good reliability and new features (it was bought from a popular seller from the US, with 21 watchers). year of commercialization: not-specified. VendorID:ProductID code of the device: 8086:0887. Recently, his original network adapter (an Intel Centrino Wireless-n 1000) has broken, so I decided to buy a new one from Ebay. model: Intel Corporation Centrino Wireless-N 2230 (rev c4) (model id: 2227) possible other names of the device: Centrino Wireless-N 2230. My brother owns a Dell XPS L501X laptop, which is 3 years old.