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January 11th, 2005 13:00

Dimension 8100 NIC

Hi, I'm helping a buddy fix his Dimension 8100  and I had to reinstall WIN ME from the DELL recovery disk. No problem at all, I installed the Intel Chipset driveers and the video card drivers (RADEON 32MB), but had trouble with the NIC. I've been trying the drivers that come on the resource CD but they don't work. I opened the PC and managed to read "Linksys" on the NIC. Which drivers do I need for this system? The "My Drivers" category in the resource CD does not have any network drivers.
Thanks for any help

Luis

  • jmwills

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    Posted January 11th, 2005 14:00

    Is this an onboard NIC or PCI card?  I doubt Dell installed a Linksys network card.
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    Posted January 11th, 2005 14:00

    It's a PCI card. Perhaps an upgrade?
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    Posted January 11th, 2005 14:00

    I'll do that, thanks so much!

    Luis
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    Posted January 11th, 2005 14:00

    Let me know if you need any more help.
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    Posted January 11th, 2005 14:00

    Absolutely.  You will need to pull the card and there will be a model number stamped on it.  Dearch the Linksys website and it will point you to the drivers.
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    Posted January 11th, 2005 15:00

    Thanks jm, I downloaded the drivers from the Linksys site and installed them. Everything is running smooth now. Thanks so much for your help

    Luis
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    Posted January 11th, 2005 17:00

    Now you know...you learn something every day on this fourm.