After formatted and installed Windows XP on Dell Vostro 1014, it user put most require drivers in this laptop by installing well. All of devices recognize properly except the WiFi and Modem. That was caused of he cannot find the right XP drivers for Dell Vostro 1014 WiFi and Modem. So, he’s try to find other similar drivers and installed in, and then the problem comes. The WiFi and Modem failed works on Dell Vostro 1014 laptop.

Actually you can use other similar drivers for XP on Dell Vostro 1014. Such as Vostro 1015 work fine with specify drivers, but for Wireless 1397 driver R219313 is the better for XP ver A25-1. So, all drivers for Dell Vostro you can get through the Dell drivers supports here. For specify drivers of 1014 WiFi driver for XP and the Modem, you can get directly through the links below this post.

Here’s how to install the Dell Vostro 1014 WiFi manually:

- Download and extract the files
- Go to Device Manager
- Right click on Network Controller
- Select Next and Choose to install driver from a specific path

While searching for compatible driver in a specific location you’ll need to browse and add the extracted folder, by default it was located at C:\DELL\Drivers\R189133\Driver\

Download Wi-Fi (Dell Wi-Fi 1397) driver here
Download Modem driver here

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