Ethernet Card doesn't work after reinstalling Win ME

Question

I have a Inspiron 8100 and recently it crashed. So i reinstalled my WinMe and everything is fine except for ethernet. I couldn't find the driver for it from the resource disk given to me when i got the laptop. Managed to get the driver off the dell website but after installing it , it doesn't work cos it has conflicts. This error appears 'This device cannot find any free memory range resources to use'.

jwatt · Answer

vigneshAramis, Did you reinstall the Intel 815 Chipset Drivers for ME first? Integrated devices won't be recognized correctly unless the chipset drivers are installed first. Jim

johnallg · Answer

Then use the drivers linked below in my sig area - the Lucent 8.30 driver for the modem and the Actiontec/Intel 8255x ethernet driver for the NIC.

vigneshAramis · Answer

i tried installing the intel chipset drivers and then the two drivers. But still i have the same problem..

johnallg · Answer

From the Device Manager delete it, reboot, then let the driver be found again.  See if that will allocate memory correctly.

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Ethernet Card doesn't work after reinstalling Win ME

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