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Unrecognized network card
Visti
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Hi guys, I'm having a bit of a problem here.. I wanted to completely bomb everything from my desktop computer to get a fresh start, so I formatted everything and installed Windows 7 on it. That was fun for a while, but to use it efficiently I've now gone back to Windows XP SP3. However, my network card (that worked in the previous XP install and Windows 7) is suddenly not recognized at all.
There's no information about it in the device manager or anything and no lights when I plug in an ethernet cable - nothing. But how do I install a driver for something I have no idea what is? It's always worked before, so I never though to take any notice of what make or model it was. It's getting a bit annoying not having internet on it, now.
There's no information about it in the device manager or anything and no lights when I plug in an ethernet cable - nothing. But how do I install a driver for something I have no idea what is? It's always worked before, so I never though to take any notice of what make or model it was. It's getting a bit annoying not having internet on it, now.
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It'd be weird if it randomly died between OS installs.
Yep - Confirmed. Wait.. Is there some way to tell which card I'm using through Ubuntu?
Not that not having a Network card recognized is insignificant. It makes things super difficult.
I had a similar thing once. And once I had a new build where even scrolling an Explorer window through a bunch of files caused massive tearing and lag. I've forgotten about doing the chipset so many times.