Re: Ethernet port not working on XP machine

On Wed, 28 May 2008 20:22:14 +0100, "dustie" <xxdjdustxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Hi,

I wonder if someone can help me? I've got a problem with my PC that I
got second-hand last year - basically, the Ethernet card on the motherboard
has never worked and shows up in the Device Manager under Other Devices as
Ethernet Controller with a big yellow question mark next to it. According to
some freebie software I downloaded, (CPUID) my motherboard is an Intel
D915GEV. I did a Google search and downloaded drivers for this but when I
try to install them, I get this error:

"1. cannot install drivers. No Intel(R) PRO Adapters are present in this
computer."

I'm stumped. Any ideas where to go from here?

Cheers

Daz

This URL ...
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d915gev/sb/CS-012067.htm

.... suggests that your motherboard has no integrated LAN. Instead you
must have an add-on card.

Your board uses the 915G chipset. This image confirms that this
chipset has no integrated LAN:
http://support.intel.com/products/i/chipsets/915g/915g-flowlarge.jpg

Therefore I doubt that installing Intel's chipset drivers, as
suggested elsewhere, will fix your problem.

Instead I'd try the following:

How to use Registry Editor to identify an unknown PCI device:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/298837

- Franc Zabkar
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