I hve a dell xps m170 and im trying to reconfigure my xps cmos set up. I was woundering if u could help me out their i dont have any of my manuels that show how to do that and dell wants money for the manuels and i really cant afford that in the situation im in i really need your assistance and i'd be very appreciative if you could help me in some way.

First of all make sure that there is a wireles adapter on your laptop.
There are some XPS M170 Models without one.
If you have one, we can try to solve the problem?
1. Make sure that the driver of the Wifi adapter and the Chipset are propertly installed. Try to download the newest driver from the dell web site accordng your os
2. If there is a third party conection software like Conection manager or else, deinstall it an let windows manage your networks
Hope this helps you. I will need a screenshot and some further descriptions in order to solve the problem if the 2 solutions above dont help.

You either have to call dell or you can get unlock code on ebay for a small fee..

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bios-password-Unlock-dell-XPS-M1210-M170-M140-Gen-2-/180638359885?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0ee2a14d

Take out your ram sticks and put them back in. Also disconnect your hard drive and reconnect it. Then restart. If this doesnt help you may have a blown power supply.

You can reset your CMOS by removing the battery from the motherboard to reset the BIOS settings to factory defaults.

Here is a good starting point

http://www.fixya.com/support/r3581893-how_to_troublehoot_a_portable_compouter_

Get into help, and look up infinite help.It gives you over 10 solutions. Good luck.

while starting your computer means while you powering on your computer just press "Fn" + "X" button & try.......... it might solve your problem

C:\program~1\Mywebs~1\bar\1.bin\m3plugin.dll problem

When yopu power up the computer press Ctrl + F12 key so you get dell recovery.

Thanks for using fixya.

try installing the chipset driver. you can download it at support.dell.com.

also check device manager if you have any item that has a yellow "!" that means that you are missing a driver for that device.