Dell Inspiron 5150 : Cannot connect to any wireless networks?

[TaylorD]

I have tried multiple PC cards and USB adapters and the admittedly flaky internal PCI adapter.... all of them struggle to connect or maintain a connection to my wireless access point (i even tried two different accesspoints, both of which work fine with my other computers...)

Also, the 5150 asks me to select a boot device at EVERY startup. (HD, Floppy, CD) Theres also a series of beeps, so I wonder if it is telling me the CMOS battery is dead?

 

[bf1942]

Verify that BIOS is trying to boot from Hard drive cdrom or floppy 1st, not network or other device.
sounds like you might have the NVIDIA**** somthing (i forget the rest of the name, boot selsector)
as your 1st boot choice, I remember when I had it picked it asked me every time also.