Ethernet controller Inspron 8500, OS: Windows Server 2003

Question

Initailly  system was shipped with OS Windows XP home edition and dell resource CD with Ethernet card Drivers for XP only.  I have reformatted my hard disk. This time Operating System is Windows 2003 Server. I could not be able to connect to High speed Internet using Ethernet card. Control Panel/system?hardware/Device manager/Ethernet Controller is appearing in YELLOW colour. Where do i find drivers for Windows Server 2003 and how I address this problem. Any help is highly appreciated.   Thank you.

bacillus · Answer

did you try the xp driver?

ysrini · Answer

yes, i have tried. drivers came with resource CD supports only XP or 2000. Doesn't support Windows Server 2003.

jmwills · Answer

Did you reinstall the chip set drivers also?

ysrini · Answer

Yes, i do resintall chipset drivers. And then tried to install ethernet controller drivers, stuck with a msg  - drivers what i have is not compatible with OS Windows server 2003.

bacillus · Answer

Have you tried looking on the Broadcom website to see if a driver is available?

jmwills · Answer

I think you may be dead in the water.

ysrini · Answer

Luckly I am not in New Oleans.

I need to use 440x drivers. how do i find whether my OS is 32 bit or 64 bit?

when i download from broadcom site, i could not get EXE/Set Up file for neither 32 bit nor 64 bit versions. wondering what could be the problem.

bacillus · Answer

your OS is 32 bit.

jmwills · Answer

More than likely it is 32 bit.  The XP driver has to work because for Virtual machines to run, it would rely upon that NIC for communication.

ysrini · Answer

wondeful. it's working fine. thank you very much for all your help.

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Ethernet controller Inspron 8500, OS: Windows Server 2003

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