When you reinstall your OS you may not have reloaded your drives and suff in the correct order. This can lead to issues with your system. The order that you need to reload drivers is HERE

You can find all your necessary drivers HERE

You will find the Desktop System software under the System utilities section

The first two, the system software followed by the chipset are the most important. The chipset driver is the main driver that allows the OS to communicate correctly with the on board hardware.

If you have already installed other drivers you can try booting into safe mode and installing the system software and chipset.

This may or may not work and you may have to reload the OS and then follow the driver reloading procedure.

That could be what happened. I loaded the drivers from the resource CD and in the order in which they apperaed when they come up in the menu.. Audio drivers first thenchipset controller drivers then network drivers then video drivers   When running the diagnostics for the onboard nic it says the memory address for this device is 0xDFCF0000 but the broadcom users guide says this value can never be 0.  How do I change that and what caused it ? Was it the order in which the drivers were installed ? I'm lost  someone help me get on the right path. Thanks

I decided to leave the problem go to the next day. In testing it would send packets but not receive any . I left it on overnight and connected to the router and cable modem. the next day i woke it up with the mouse and somehow overnight it cured itself. I believe the XP software wouldn't let the modem work but overnight it downloaded all the updates for XP including SP3. The updates are scheduled for 3:00 AM.  They were in the tray waiting to install, go figure. The problem is fixed by some intevention other than mine.  Thanks

Having the same issue. limeted or no connectivity. After installing R99397.EXE I'm told by dell I must;

To enable TPM security features in the System Setup (BIOS), perform the following steps:

1. Reboot the system.

2. When the message “Press to enter Setup” appears, press the key.

The System Setup screen will display.

3. Navigate to the Security group using the Down arrow key.

4. Press the <+> key to expand the group.

5. Verify that TPM Security is listed under Security.

6. Navigate to the TPM Security section using the Down arrow key.

7. Press the key.

8. Press the Right Arrow key to change the setting to On.

The TPM is now enabled.

9. Press the key.

10. Using the Down Arrow key, highlight Exit and press key.

The system will reboot.

My problem is that there is no "TPM Security" Option listed under security.

What does this mean and what can I do to fix it.

Having the same issue. limeted or no connectivity. After installing R99397.EXE I'm told by dell I must;

Did you follow Davet50's post above?