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rbassett007
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November 22nd, 2005 01:00
Inspiron 600m ethernet controller
after reinstalling XP Home and all the drivers, my ethernet controller driver is not being recognized. The chipset is in, audio, video, network (wired and wireless), and communication drivers have all been installed.......but the ethernet controller driver is not installing properly and therefore doesn't work. any thoughts? Tag #7rsnc61
rbassett007
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Posted November 22nd, 2005 03:00
I do have the Boadcom 440x controller and I've already installed the driver from Dell's support site, but the driver isn't installing properly. After I run the driver setup, the ethernet controller still doesn't recognize the driver; it's almost as though the driver installation isn't working properly. What do I do if Dell's driver software isn't working?rbassett007
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Posted November 22nd, 2005 04:00
that was a great suggestion......but it still didn't recognize the driver.......is there anything that could be conflicting with the driver install? I can't think of anything else that might resolve this issue.RandySee if the drivers obtained directly from Broadcom will install correctly:
http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php
Steve
rbassett007
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Posted November 22nd, 2005 18:00
the network controller is enabled in the BIOS, and the ethernet adapter does show up in Device manager. I then uninstalled the ethernet adapter, rebooted, then tried to reinstall the driver, but the same thing occurs...the driver set up doesn't seem to finish installing....it gets part of the way through installation then disappears..........Does Device Manager indicate problems with the device after your attempts to install the drivers? What happens if you try manually install the drivers through device manager and pointing to the driver installation file in the folder where the downloaded drivers were decompressed?
Steve
rbassett007
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Posted November 22nd, 2005 20:00
Yes, device manager does indicate problems with the device after I attempt to install the drivers....it states there is no driver for the device. I've tried to manual driver installation through device manager and I get the same issue. I think I've tried just about everything I can.........after I've exhausted all possibilities, what do I do next?
Randy
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Posted November 22nd, 2005 01:00
Checking the original system configuration using your service tag indicates that you probably have the Boadcom 440x integrated controller. The drivers for that are at:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2966
If you ordered the Broadcom 570x Gigabit controller as an option (not indicated by the original system configuration, but possible), the drivers for that are at:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INS_PNT_PM_600M&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2967
Steve