X60 - no wireless adapters recognized, xp sp3

Hey Guys! Since this is my first post I really hope anybody can help.
I own an x60s(1703). I reinstalled Win xp from the RnR but now it says that there aint any wireless devices. I've installed all the recent drivers necessary and yes, did hardware-switch it on when i hit Fn-F5 it says that there are no devices installed(nor even bluetooth). there is no device shown apart from the intel wired adapter and the firewire. no unknown devices or such reporting any problems. wired connection works fine and apart from that i do not recognize any problems.
i even tried ubuntu-live-environment but even there no wireless device was recognized.
Any suggestions to this major issue?
regards

Sorry for lack of response, I've been away for a while so haven't been back here!
I've tried both Intel and Atheros drivers, none seem to do anything at all.
There is no unknown device in the device manager.
I'm still feeling a bit stuck so here's a bit more info, hope it helps!
There is a switch on the left side of the notebook for quickly enabling/disabling the wireless adaptor. Even when switched to 'on' the little indicator light stays off.
I'm not the only user of the laptop so I'm wondering if there's any way someone else may have disabled the wifi adapter in the same way that many desktop motherboards BIOSes will allow users to enable/disable on board peripherals? I have checked the BIOS but there are no wifi-related options.
Also, are there any other drivers/utilities that must be installed before the OS can find the wifi adaptor?
Thanks for your help!

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