Reinstalled Xp, but no network adapter is showing up under device manager.

@roleez1 (168)
United States
August 26, 2010 11:48am CST
Installed the chipset, but still no network adapter is ahowing up. If I go to internet connections of course there is no Local Area connection Icon. Not sure what to do?
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Vick77
@Vick77 (488)
• Mexico
26 Aug 10
You have to install the network card driver, you can find it in your CDs or search in internet for it
roleez1
@roleez1 (168)
• United States
26 Aug 10
yeah its not on the cd how to i search it on the internet? Am i searching for the motherboard drivers, its a custom built computer
Vick77
@Vick77 (488)
• Mexico
26 Aug 10
Then search for the model of the motherboard if the network card is embedded on it, you can use this program called PC Wizard to know all hardware installed on your PC and of course the motherboard model, and even the network card itself, then you can search for the driver: http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/pc-wizard.html Good luck.
roleez1
@roleez1 (168)
• United States
26 Aug 10
Looks like a cool program but first I have to get the pc online right
voldrox
@voldrox (7191)
• India
26 Aug 10
Find your motherboard model number and try to search for it's drivers on the internet? My friends have had similar problems after formatting the computer but they were able to find the drivers on the internet, you need the model number and search for it on the net. Hope you find them, and download on some other computer and feed it to your computer.
roleez1
@roleez1 (168)
• United States
26 Aug 10
Yeah i just wonder on how to find out the motherboard serial number. Would that be under device manage?
mlhervas
@mlhervas (482)
• Philippines
27 Aug 10
First of all is your network adapter built-in to the mother board (it is when the lan card socket is near the audio or video socket). If it is a built in then you can definitely find the driver in your motherboard's cd drivers. Try to find out the brand and product number of your mother board and go to the official website of the mother board. You can download the driver for your lan card there. Remember to select WinXP as the OS. If you have a separate PCI lan card, then you must download the driver from the official website of the brand of your lan card. Also remember to download the XP version.