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August 4th, 2008 14:00

Plug and Play Error with Ethernet Card

Hi,

I have a Dimension 4500S with dsl wlan router and today I tried installing a new graphics card and its driver (GeForce 6200, PCI, low profile). I didn't manage this and even got a second problem.

 

After inserting the card and changing onboard to auto in Bios I couldn't load the driver, screen went dark, cursor blinking in the left upper corner.

After deinstalling the driver (control panel, software) and disabling the antivirus-tool (could have been the reason) i tried a second time, but same failure.

 

Third attempt brought an additional problem. After restarting the computer I got a "Plug and Play Configuration Error". I went to Bios, found nothing wrong and continued. After appearing the desktop I realized the ethernet card is off and no connection to internet. Properties in device manager say I should disable any other hardware and no resources for the ethernet card.

Obviously the pc doesn't recognize the ethernet card.

 

Restarting again brought same plug and play problem.

 

How can I solve this plug and play problem (and afterward the graphics card matter)? I didn't touch the ethernet card while inserting the new grahics card, ethernet cable is plugged well. Two days ago I installed Service pack 2, but without any troubles.

 

Thanks foruseful hints,

 

Freeman12 

 

 

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August 4th, 2008 15:00

Try resetting NVRAM by using the instructions for your system in the following message:

 

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=dim_other&thread.id=318550&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen

 

 Steve

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August 5th, 2008 10:00

Strange, without doing anything, the error is gone now.

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