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Post April 7th, 2008, 12:50 pm

okies this time i have a problem with my wirless card driver it;s working fine but makes my computer sometimes blue screen

bcmwl6.sys

used google but found nothing anyone else having this problem? or got any suggestions ?
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Post April 7th, 2008, 12:50 pm

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Post April 7th, 2008, 1:30 pm

Perhaps this updated driver will help?
http://www.greatis.com/vista/Drivers/b/bcmwl6.sys.htm
http://www.runscanner.net/files/sys/bcm ... 6.sys.aspx

If not check broadcom's website for updated vista drivers.
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Post April 7th, 2008, 3:26 pm

okies that site said that my drives wasn't up to date so i opened device manager and clicked update on the network card vista tells me it's up to date :S
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Post April 7th, 2008, 6:12 pm

Right click bcmwl6.sys (it's most likely in your system32 folder) and check the version. If it's a lower version than 4.102.28.4, then download the current version and swap the files.
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