5150 Network controller ?

Question

I have a Inspiron 5150 and the network controller has a yellow mark before it...Do i need to download a driver for this or waht? Thanks for any help. Jack

volcano11 · Answer

Did you recently reinstall Windows? If so, did you install the chipset drivers before attempting to install any other drivers? Make sure the chipset drivers are installed, then install the drivers for your integrated ethernet controller.

Steve

whiteturbo · Answer

I did reinstall windows and I have a driver disc but I did not find a chipset file on it. Will I have this or will I need to download it? I bought this used and it has xp professional and the owner told me that it came with that installed but I think it had xp home. I did reload it and it works ok and I did not have to register it Will I have to do this? I did not steal the software so I do not have a problem sending the info in as I know who it came from and he would be the guilty one. It is a Dell restore disc.

volcano11 · Answer

All drivers, including the chipset drivers and the network drivers, can be downloaded from the following site:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_5150&os=WW1&osl=EN

Steve

whiteturbo · Answer

I downloaded this file R66367 and it tells me that this is a self-extracting zip file and is part of a multidisk zip file. Please insert the last disk of the set. Where do i get the last set? If i try to zip anyway it sat one or more files were not unzipped. error code 110.

volcano11 · Answer

You have a bad download.  Try downloading it again. Steve

whiteturbo · Answer

I downloaded the chipset r66367 and it says it does not support mu operating system and will not finish loading. I am running XP Professional where do i get a Chipst for this or will i need to go back to XP Home? I then downloaded the chipst R58370 amd it installed but i still have the yellow mark on network controllers. Thanks

whiteturbo · Answer

Steve i did run the r58370 and it loaded but i still have the yellow mark on the network controller. What does the network controller do anyway.

volcano11 · Answer

Once the chipset drivers are installed, did you install the drivers for the network adapter? The order has to be - chipset drivers first, then the drivers for all other devices. If you did not do in this order, then you can try removing the devices in Device Manager, rebooting and reinstall the drivers for the network adapter, video adapter, audio adapter, etc. If that doesn't work then you may have to start all over, reinstalling Windows, installing the chipset drivers before attempting to install any other device drivers, then installing the drivers for all other devices.

Steve

volcano11 · Answer

It looks like you did not download the correct chipset drivers for your system (it doesn't matter which version of Windows XP you are running, but you do need to have the correct drivers for your motherboard). Try the correct ones from the following site:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R58370&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_5150&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=1134&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=1&formatcnt=1&fileid=70519

Steve

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