when my mother bought this computer is came with an ethernet plug... it hasn't worked due to missing drivers... i dunno what the controller driver i'm looking for is... i tihnk it's a standard ethernet plug for dell


message in system information:
Ethernet Controller PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1039&SUBSYS_01421028&REV_81\4&3B1CAF2B&0&40F0 The drivers for this device are not installed.



i am running my modem route via usb, but it's conflicting with my other usb things such as printer and dvd burner.

need suggestions on how i'd go about finding out what driver i'm in need of


thanks for help in advance

Hi duckgamer, welcome to SAF

We need the system model (assuming it is an onboard Ethernet controller - seems to be an Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter) as it may be a chipset driver...

In the meantime, if you have the motherboard and chipset drivers shipped with your system, you may try to reload them, as Windows generic drivers may not work on all hardware (this is common when the system has been reformatted or when a fresh install of Windows was performed).

Chris

pc is standard dell 4550 windows xp... will paste system details for cipset and mboard


yes it's an onboard...

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name GERTRUDE
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model Dimension 4550
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2525 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Dell Computer Corporation A05, 27/01/2003
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name GERTRUDE\Family Real
Time Zone AUS Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 384.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 67.10 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 2.29 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys


thanks for the welcome... please hold off the laughs for now

Rhys

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please hold off the laughs for now

LAN drivers:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/...=0&fileid=56489

Do you have the original Dell resources CD ? All the needed drivers are there.

Chris

thanks for that... installing now... will let you know


thanks alot... for some reason losing that also made the comp run a bit faster


now i need some suggestions... my net is rather slow... but i tinhkk my ping is not correct for the speed i'm on...


i'm running 512kbs and my ping is sitting at 240-340 sometimes higher... whenever i try play games... i shut down everything on my computer so no bandwidth is being used elsewhere... but whilst i was on dialup my ping was around the same area