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December 28th, 2012 13:00
Realtek Network Adapter failure
So I came home and tried to get on my desktop and it said no network adapter was found. I backed up everything and reformatted, thinking it would go back to normal but it didn't. I have my dell driver disk, but even after install the drivers it says it's not found. It's a Inspiron 560, any help would be much appreciated.
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rdunnill
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December 28th, 2012 13:00
If you look in Device Manager, is a driver installed for the network adapter? Is there a question mark beside it?
TLO84
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December 28th, 2012 13:00
There isn't even showing that their is one in the device manager.
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December 28th, 2012 14:00
You might try removing your CMOS battery for a minute or so, and then setting the BIOS to factory defaults.
TLO84
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December 28th, 2012 14:00
Onboard Lan Controller? If so it's enabled.
rdunnill
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December 28th, 2012 14:00
Can you check if it is enabled in the BIOS?
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December 28th, 2012 15:00
I don't know what else to suggest, apart from installing a third-party network card.
TLO84
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December 28th, 2012 15:00
hmm didn't work, I've never had a problem like this and really don't know where to start.
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December 28th, 2012 23:00
After doing some more research, this has happened a lot and only a third-party network card would work. Thanks for the help..if anyone knows of any good one, post them up.