D500 Ethernet adapter

Question

I reinstalled XP on new D500 and run driver reinstallation.  I have Dell True Mobile 1300 WLAn (802.11b/g,54Mbps) miniPCI card.  The wireless adapter is installed properly but the ethernet adapter shows question mark in device manager.  I don't see any other driver for the wired adapter.  Does anybody have an idea how to solve the problem?

xdrquinnx · Answer

I'm having the exact same problem. The wireless networking works great but the wired ethernet gives the little ? icon in hardware manager. Very annoying! Did you ever find a solution?

jwatt · Answer

Did you reinstall the Intel Mobile Chipset driver for the D500? If you have the Intel (R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection, did you reinstall its driver? Jim

xdrquinnx · Answer

The chipset driver did it. Thanks so much!

mzl · Answer

It turned out that the Ethernet driver was not included with the Dell CD with drivers.  I downloaded it from the website and everything worked.  I don't understand how they can miss this.

robbierich11 · Answer

I am having the same problem with the Ethernet controller not working showing yellow question mark in device manager I just installed a new hard drive and reinstalled win. 2000 from dell disk that came with the computer I installed the chip set and driver soft wear and it seams to load  but I still can't get the ethernet controller to work when I  reinstalled drivers in device manager. Please help thanks.

mzl · Answer

In my case it turned out that Dell forgot to include the driver for the Ethernet Adapter in the Drivers CD. Call and find out what is your driver and where you can download it from.

I hope this will help

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D500 Ethernet adapter

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