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Hi,
Three years ago, I successfully instlled a network card on my Win98 SE PC. In Device Manager, the network card is listed as "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast Adaptor". That network card is dedicated to ADSL, and it has provided pretty good ADSL connection since then. I have never touched that network card ... until today. And problem occurred. I pulled out the network card from PCI slot 3, and plugged it into slot 2 (to make sure there is room for plugging another device onto the mobo). Then power on the PC. At bootup, Windows found a "PCI Ethernet Controller" (necessarily because of the different PCI slot) and went on to install its driver. But Windows could not find a driver (the "add new hardware wizard" popped up). But there is no manufacturer's driver that comes with the network card! So the network card is useless now! Three questions come to my mind: (1) First of all, is "PCI Ethernet Controller" the same as a network card? (2) Whether "PCI Ethernet Controller" is the network card or not, why can't Windows install the driver for my network card? If Windows installed the driver successfully three years ago, i.e., the INF file Windows used then must have been backed up in C:\Windows\INF or one of its sub-folder, why can't Windows find the INF now? (Three years ago Windows installed its own driver for my network card.) Even if the INF file is gone for any reason, why can't Windows just re-install a driver for such a common network card as "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast Adaptor", as three years ago? It's unthinkble that Windows could correctly determine on the type of my network card, but can't now. (3) What can I do now to install the driver, except obtaining another network card? On the manufacture's web site, I can't find a driver for my network card, or there simply may not be one. I use Win98 SE. Thank you in advance. PS: Before I took out my network card from PCI slot 3, I had forgotten to remove it from Device Manager beforehand. However, Windows automatically removed it from Device Manager. PS2: Though Windows removed the network card from Device Manager, in the Network applet of Control Panel, I could still see "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast Adaptor" (or something similiar). Also, there is a 'PPP over Ethernet' protocol bound to that adaptor. I manually removed both. |
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wrote in message ups.com... | Hi, | | Three years ago, I successfully instlled a network card on my Win98 SE | PC. | In Device Manager, the network card is listed as "PCI 10/100 Ethenet | Fast Adaptor". | | That network card is dedicated to ADSL, and it has provided pretty | good ADSL connection since then. | | I have never touched that network card ... until today. And problem | occurred. | | I pulled out the network card from PCI slot 3, and plugged it into | slot 2 | (to make sure there is room for plugging another device onto the | mobo). | Then power on the PC. | | At bootup, Windows found a "PCI Ethernet Controller" (necessarily | because of the different PCI slot) | and went on to install its driver. But Windows could not find a driver | (the "add new hardware | wizard" popped up). | | But there is no manufacturer's driver that comes with the network | card! | So the network card is useless now! | | Three questions come to my mind: | | (1) First of all, is "PCI Ethernet Controller" the same as a network | card? | | (2) Whether "PCI Ethernet Controller" is the network card or not, why | can't Windows | install the driver for my network card? If Windows installed the | driver successfully | three years ago, i.e., the INF file Windows used then must have | been backed up in | C:\Windows\INF or one of its sub-folder, why can't Windows find | the INF now? | | (Three years ago Windows installed its own driver for my network | card.) | | Even if the INF file is gone for any reason, why can't Windows | just re-install | a driver for such a common network card as "PCI 10/100 Ethenet | Fast Adaptor", | as three years ago? It's unthinkble that Windows could correctly | determine on the type | of my network card, but can't now. | | (3) What can I do now to install the driver, except obtaining another | network card? | On the manufacture's web site, I can't find a driver for my | network card, | or there simply may not be one. | | I use Win98 SE. | | Thank you in advance. | | PS: Before I took out my network card from PCI slot 3, I had | forgotten to remove it from | Device Manager beforehand. However, Windows automatically removed | it from Device Manager. | | PS2: Though Windows removed the network card from Device Manager, in | the Network applet of | Control Panel, I could still see "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast | Adaptor" (or something | similiar). Also, there is a 'PPP over Ethernet' protocol bound to | that adaptor. | I manually removed both. | Both you and Windows MAY have uninstalled the drivers, but it may still be there. Check in Safe Mode for ghost/still installed though useless cards and remove any shown. Restart in Normal Mode, if it fails to find new hardware, go to Control Panel Add New Hardware, let it search.. If it still doesn't find the card, then manually install through the same interface{it should ask you}. Then scroll to Network Adapters, pick your manufacturer, pick the card [may ask for the Windows CDROM to finish the installation, use it or direct to either the system or to the folder where you have cab files on your hard disk]..likely you will need to re-start, then you may have to manually configure it.. then check for your network settings after re-starting again... -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com/ "Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happen." Winston Churchill Or to put it another way: Morpheus can offer you the two pills; but only you can choose whether you take the red pill or the blue one. _______________ |
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Forgot to mention that I have tried putting the network card back to PCI slot
3. But Windows still wanted to install "PCI Ethernet Controller". ps: I posted this message from MS community web page. |
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Put the card back in its original slot, then start the computer, tap the
F8 key until the startup menu appears and select "Command Prompt only". Then type "scanreg /restore" and restore a previous registry. If this doesn't help, please repost with the manufacturer and model of the card. Ben wrote in message ups.com... Hi, Three years ago, I successfully instlled a network card on my Win98 SE PC. In Device Manager, the network card is listed as "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast Adaptor". That network card is dedicated to ADSL, and it has provided pretty good ADSL connection since then. I have never touched that network card ... until today. And problem occurred. I pulled out the network card from PCI slot 3, and plugged it into slot 2 (to make sure there is room for plugging another device onto the mobo). Then power on the PC. At bootup, Windows found a "PCI Ethernet Controller" (necessarily because of the different PCI slot) and went on to install its driver. But Windows could not find a driver (the "add new hardware wizard" popped up). But there is no manufacturer's driver that comes with the network card! So the network card is useless now! Three questions come to my mind: (1) First of all, is "PCI Ethernet Controller" the same as a network card? (2) Whether "PCI Ethernet Controller" is the network card or not, why can't Windows install the driver for my network card? If Windows installed the driver successfully three years ago, i.e., the INF file Windows used then must have been backed up in C:\Windows\INF or one of its sub-folder, why can't Windows find the INF now? (Three years ago Windows installed its own driver for my network card.) Even if the INF file is gone for any reason, why can't Windows just re-install a driver for such a common network card as "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast Adaptor", as three years ago? It's unthinkble that Windows could correctly determine on the type of my network card, but can't now. (3) What can I do now to install the driver, except obtaining another network card? On the manufacture's web site, I can't find a driver for my network card, or there simply may not be one. I use Win98 SE. Thank you in advance. PS: Before I took out my network card from PCI slot 3, I had forgotten to remove it from Device Manager beforehand. However, Windows automatically removed it from Device Manager. PS2: Though Windows removed the network card from Device Manager, in the Network applet of Control Panel, I could still see "PCI 10/100 Ethenet Fast Adaptor" (or something similiar). Also, there is a 'PPP over Ethernet' protocol bound to that adaptor. I manually removed both. |
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