Dell PY760 manual Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card

What You Need to Establish a Mobile Broadband Network Connection

NOTE: You can use a Mobile Broadband ExpressCard to establish a Mobile Broadband network connection.

To set up a Mobile Broadband network connection, you need:

•A Mobile Broadband ExpressCard

NOTE: For instructions on using ExpressCards, see "Using Cards" on page 99.

•An activated Mobile Broadband ExpressCard or activated Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for your service provider

•The Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility (already installed on your computer if you purchased the card when you purchased your computer, or on the CD that accompanied your card if purchased separately from your computer)

If the utility is corrupted or deleted from your computer, see the Dell Mobile Broadband Card Utility user’s guide for instructions. The user’s guide is available through the Windows Help and Support Center (see

"Windows Help and Support Center" on page 20) or on the CD that accompanied your card if you purchased it separately from your computer.

Checking Your Dell Mobile Broadband Card

Depending on what you selected when you purchased your computer, the computer has a variety of configurations. To determine your computer configuration, see one of the following:

•Your order confirmation

•Microsoft Windows Help and Support Center

To check your Mobile Broadband card in the Windows Help and Support Center:

1Click Start→Help and Support→Use Tools to view your computer information and diagnose problems.

2Under Tools, click My Computer Information→Find information about the hardware installed on this computer.

On the My Computer Information - Hardware screen, you can view the type of Mobile Broadband card installed in your computer as well as other hardware components.

Setting Up and Using Networks

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