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September 11th, 2005 17:00
demension 4550 ethernet problem
i had to reinstall windows xp home on my friends dell demension 4450......i had the problem with the ethernet controller not installed it has onboard ethernet......so now i have on it the pro/100 ve network connection and the 10/100 lom 6.1.3.11 R52043 driver installed.......but i cannot connect to the internet......i went into bios and to see if it was enabled.......i found on the boot sequence the nic was disabled and i don't know how to enable it.....i have never had a dell so i am not familiar with this system...thanks
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volcano11
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September 12th, 2005 01:00
After reinstalling Windows XP, did you install the chipset drivers as the first drivers installed after reinstalling Windows? Until the chipset drivers are installed, Windows will not be able to recognize or install drivers for any device integrated on the motherboard, like the ethernet drivers.
Assuming that you really have a 4550 (Dell never made a 4450), the chipset drivers can be downloaded from:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R47822&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_4550&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=3268&devlib=0&typecnt=1&vercnt=1&formatcnt=1&fileid=56457
and the integrated network adapter drivers can be downloaded from:
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/type.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_4550&os=WW1&osl=en&deviceid=2834
Steve