Whnever you reinstall the Windows, the first drivers that need to be installed are the chipset drivers (as mentioned in the hundreds of othter posts on this topic throughout the forum). Until the chipset drivers are installed, Windows will not be able to recognize other devices and install their drivers.
After installing the chipset drivers, does the network adapter show up in Device Manager? If it does, remove it from device manager and try installing the drivers again.
well, i tried several different things, none of whiched worked. I'm beginning to think that maybe the excessive heat buildup that happens often might have damaged the device. The BIOS (which i updated) doesn't even recognise that there is a MiniPCI device attached anymore.
Hopefully Dell will be cooperative this time around....
Thanks for the suggestions.
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May 14th, 2005 19:00
Whnever you reinstall the Windows, the first drivers that need to be installed are the chipset drivers (as mentioned in the hundreds of othter posts on this topic throughout the forum). Until the chipset drivers are installed, Windows will not be able to recognize other devices and install their drivers.
Steve
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volcano11
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May 18th, 2005 01:00
After installing the chipset drivers, does the network adapter show up in Device Manager? If it does, remove it from device manager and try installing the drivers again.
Steve
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May 18th, 2005 02:00
Hopefully Dell will be cooperative this time around....
Thanks for the suggestions.