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March 14th, 2005 22:00

Code 31 on NIC

I have a persistent problem with my Cnet Pro200WL NIC card.  I'm getting a "Windows cannot load drivers for this device (Code 31)" message.  Plug-n-play recognizes the NIC and acts like it is loading the driver, but when I check in Device Manager, there's an exclamation mark next to the NIC and the properties states the above problem.  I've tried physically removing the NIC and reinstalling it - no help.  I've installed a new NIC from DLINKs and get the same problem.
 
Any ideas? 
 
Dell tech support suggested I download updated drivers, which I did on a different machine and copied over - no help.
 
Thanks in advance!
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    karatelovr

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    Posted March 15th, 2005 11:00


    @Pionus wrote:
    I have a persistent problem with my Cnet Pro200WL NIC card.  I'm getting a "Windows cannot load drivers for this device (Code 31)" message.  Plug-n-play recognizes the NIC and acts like it is loading the driver, but when I check in Device Manager, there's an exclamation mark next to the NIC and the properties states the above problem.  I've tried physically removing the NIC and reinstalling it - no help.  I've installed a new NIC from DLINKs and get the same problem.
     
    Any ideas? 
     
    Dell tech support suggested I download updated drivers, which I did on a different machine and copied over - no help.
     
    Thanks in advance!


    Check out my thread a little ways down called "NIC = Unknown Device"  Some people have had luck with system restore.  That wasn't an option for me and I wound up doing a complete reformat and reinstall of Windows XP

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