Sorry to have taken this long, however I wanted to try it twice. I used the first suggestions (Upgrading the BIOS using Dell's "biodisk" and "syslinux memdisk")
I followed the instructions precicely, all went well until I started 3555A05.exe The program started and asked one question only: -Start to flash.........[Y/N]: I entered Y and was rewarded with a flashing cursor PERIOD The first time this happened I waited about an hour before shutting down. second try ditto today I did it all over again, including downloading 3555A05.exe Same result. Here the output of the suggested commands: bios-version : A03 bios-release-date: 08/09/2011 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1010931 Title: 14e4:4727 With Broadcom BCM4313, 2.4GHz works but 5GHz doesn't Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: driver for Dell 1701 WiFi/Bluetooth Ubuntu “gnome-nettool” package Questions Question #199715 Asked by ealthuis on 2012-06-07 I have a Dell laptop with the 1701 Dell Wifi card, also a router which provides Wifi at 2.4 GHz as well as at 5 GHz. The 2.4GHz wifi works just fine, but I cannot connect to the 5 GHz Wifi. Is there a driver that will correct that problem? --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 1: Generic_1 [HD-Audio Generic], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ea 2414 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ea 2414 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Generic'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xff744000 irq 52' Mixer name : 'ATI R6xx HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002aa01,00aa0100,00100200' Controls : 6 Simple ctrls : 1 Card0.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'Generic_1'/'HD-Audio Generic at 0xff740000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'IDT 92HD87B1/3' Components : 'HDA:111d76d1,10280513,00100205' Controls : 16 Simple ctrls : 9 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120317) MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 3555 NonfreeKernelModules: wl fglrx Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=UUID=65260890-33d4-4681-835f-7a0f78db703e ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19 PulseList: Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory /home/ea not ours. No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon. RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-26-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-26-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 SourcePackage: linux Tags: precise precise Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: dmi.bios.date: 08/09/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0K89MF dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: A03 dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: Not Specified dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd08/09/2011:svnDellInc.:pnVostro3555:pvrNotSpecified:rvnDellInc.:rn0K89MF:rvrA03:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvrNotSpecified: dmi.product.name: Vostro 3555 dmi.product.version: Not Specified dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1010931/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
