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Dell Precision 470 cannot find Ethernet
Hi,
Up until a few days ago all my dell precision was working great until I had a virus. I had to reformat my computer and now the system does not find the built in NIC card.
So I installed an Intel Pro 1000 NIC (PCI E) and the system does not detect this also. Please can someone give me some pointers?
I even updated the bios to A07 and reformated my disk again and reinstalled XP.
Please help
Thanks in advance
ieee488
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March 3rd, 2010 09:00
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http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dsn/en/document?docid=179256#Issue5
Alexandra_P
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March 3rd, 2010 16:00
To flesh out Ieee488's link: the installation of the drivers is important after a reformat. Without the chipset drivers in particular, the operating system may not be able to detect all of the hardware correctly.