Vista kills Ubuntu wireless

[Colin Law]

2009/9/2 Young <tuxman at knology.net>:
> I just got my first laptop (Dell Studio 1737), and wanted to do it up right
> with Ubuntu. Before I even let Vista run, I forced it to boot from the
> Ubuntu 9.04 i386 live CD and it worked fine, including the wireless. So I,
> of course, think I'm home free.
>
> I used GParted to repartition the hard drive for Vista, /, swap, /home, and
> a second NTFS partition for shared files.
>
> Next, I let Vista boot, and it didn't seem to be happy with the repartition,
> but it eventually finished the initialization, and after multiple reboots it
> seems to run fine, including the wireless.
>
> Then, I booted from the Ubuntu live CD again and installed Ubuntu. When I
> finally boot into Ubuntu off the hard drive, the wireless will not work.
> I then boot from the live CD, and the wireless will not work.
>
> I boot back into Vista and the wireless works fine.
> Multiple iterations, same results.
>
> Where do I start?
> Will 64 bit fix this? How about using the Alternate Install CD?
>
> I hope you guys can help. I haven't been able to find anything via Google.

On a desktop pc I would try disconnecting the power lead in case some
hardware state is being remembered over a re-boot and then try ubuntu
again (after plugging in again of course before some wit replies), not
sure how to do that on a laptop.  Remove the battery?

Colin