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thas

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April 8th, 2007 18:00

Ethernet Controller Driver on Dimension 8250

I reinstalled Windows XP on my Dimension 8250 yesterday and used the Dell disk to reinstall drivers but can't get the Ethernet Controller driver to install. When I open Device Manager I can see "Network Adapters" and it shows the "1394 Net Adapter" as installed. Under that is "Other Devices" with "Ethernet Controller" and the Ethernet Cotroller is shown as not having a Driver installed. I tried to install the driver from the Dell disk that came with the computer without success. I also went to the Dell Support; Drivers & Downloads page and downloaded driver R56484 (Network Driver - Intel 10/100 LOM) but when I installed it I still couldn't get the Ethernet Controller to show it has a driver. I also installed "Network Diagnostics Utility for Intel 10/100 LOM - R53599" and it just says that the Ethernet Controller needs a driver.
 
Does anyone know what is wrong?
 
 

volcano11

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April 8th, 2007 21:00

Did you install the chipset drivers before even attempting to install drivers for other devices.  Without the chipset drivers, Windows will not be able to recognize and/or install drivers for many other devices.
 
Steve

thas

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April 8th, 2007 22:00

I didn't install in the correct order and Dell Support was able to help me even though my support contract was expired. Thanks for the help.

NOSA336

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January 26th, 2008 05:00

dimension 8250 i just reinstalled i have a dimension 8250 as listed above iam having trouble getting my ethernet recognized i have installed the driver after the chipset as you stated in the forum but it still has the yellow question mark when i go into device manager what should i do ?

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