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Problem with ethernet connector continues
Hi. I have followed instructions regarding installing updated drivers for my ethernet connector but it remains unfixed. Even a tech did it through dell.com/remote and he couldn't get it working
I'll give a little more background and start from the beginning. I reformatted my hard drive. I reinstalled verizon dsl. That's when i noticed that something was off because it wasn't offering an ethernet connection option in the installation process - only usb. The ethernet wouldn't work at all when i tried linking the dsl modem directly with ethernet to the computer or through a lynksys router- only the usb - which I'm using now. So I called verizon and they were like, did it work in the past and I said yes. Call lynksys. So I called lynksys and they said contact verizon. Called V back and they said no, its probably a driver error. So then contacted Dell and they gave me the downloads - drivers and chipset update. This did fix two problems (a yellow on usb connection and another yellow on something else - both under "other devices" but not the ethernet connection.
Now in device manager under network adapters I have listed:
Westell wirespeed dual connect modem
Ethernet Controller - has yellow exclamation (says - This device is not configured correctly. (Code 1)
To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver.
Thanks.
Message Edited by Danstar on 03-17-2007 09:44 PM
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button to point to the directory the driver was extracted to. (i.e. c:\dell\drivers\….)
9. Click OK to install the driver.
10. Verify that Intel® PRO/100 M Network Connection or Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection is highlighted.
11. Click Next, click Finish.
I set the path C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R52043\WINXP in that A: field (based on browsing to the folder C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R52043 and noticing that there were folders in there with OS names on them - I added the exact name of the OS folder to the path) and it worked.
Message Edited by Danstar on 03-18-2007 12:11 PM