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Resolved ethernet not recognised

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by burro, 2010/05/08.

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    burro

    burro Inactive Thread Starter

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    dell 4600
    o/s windows xp

    I can't connect to broadband. Cable is fine and broadband works with this connection on my laptop.

    In device manager I have yellow exclamation marks under ethernet controller and I'm instructed to reinstall the drivers. I have all the original disks from Dell and have tried to install the drivers from these disks but when I go to install from any of the disks (I'm not sure which of these disks contains the driver), the installer cannot find the driver.

    I've downloaded a free driver which is apparently compatible (Realtek Ethernet PCI NIC Driver) but still nothing.

    Any ideas?
     
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    PeteC

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    burro

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    thanks, I've installed the driver (Broadcom® 440x 10/100 Integrated Ethernet Controller driver for Microsoft® Windows® XP) but still no connection and the same exclamation mark in device manager. I've tried installing the driver from the device manager but it doesn't recognise a driver as being installed?
     
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    MrBill

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    burro

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    thanks that's done it
     
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    Thanks for the update :)

    Incidentally the driver MrBill pointed you to was the last one on the list I posted :)
     

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