driver problem after win98 reinstall

I reformatted the hard disk on my old Gateway pc. Reinstalled Win98, no
problem.

I wanted to hook up again to my high speed internet connection so I could
put all the updates on there before giving this computer to a family that
needs it.

But I'm unable to make a connection. Looking in hardware profiles I see the
PCI ethernet driver controller needs a driver. I put in the CD that I
thought came with it and I'm not having any success.

Cruising with Google(on my other computer) really didn't tell me what to do
either. I did read one suggestion to take the hardware out and put it back
and see if Win98 recognizes it. I'd rather not if I can help it.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
kp

Go to the Gateway site and put in the serial number from this PC. You will
then get to a page that has the specific hardware and drivers listed for
this computer. Download and install the correct driver and you should be
okay.

http://support.gateway.com/support/default.asp

PattyL


"kp" wrote in message
...
I reformatted the hard disk on my old Gateway pc. Reinstalled Win98, no
problem.

I wanted to hook up again to my high speed internet connection so I could
put all the updates on there before giving this computer to a family that
needs it.

But I'm unable to make a connection. Looking in hardware profiles I see
the
PCI ethernet driver controller needs a driver. I put in the CD that I
thought came with it and I'm not having any success.

Cruising with Google(on my other computer) really didn't tell me what to
do
either. I did read one suggestion to take the hardware out and put it
back
and see if Win98 recognizes it. I'd rather not if I can help it.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
kp

ah yes...I failed to mention...this gateway is so old that the card that's
in there is one I put in later.

I guess I'm not sure what to do if the card is not the one I thought it was.
Am I going to have to yank it out to look at it? probably...

"PattyL" wrote in message
...
Go to the Gateway site and put in the serial number from this PC. You
will
then get to a page that has the specific hardware and drivers listed for
this computer. Download and install the correct driver and you should be
okay.

http://support.gateway.com/support/default.asp

PattyL


"kp" wrote in message
...
I reformatted the hard disk on my old Gateway pc. Reinstalled Win98, no
problem.

I wanted to hook up again to my high speed internet connection so I
could
put all the updates on there before giving this computer to a family
that
needs it.

But I'm unable to make a connection. Looking in hardware profiles I see
the
PCI ethernet driver controller needs a driver. I put in the CD that I
thought came with it and I'm not having any success.

Cruising with Google(on my other computer) really didn't tell me what to
do
either. I did read one suggestion to take the hardware out and put it
back
and see if Win98 recognizes it. I'd rather not if I can help it.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
kp

That's what I would do. If you don't see the manufacturer's name on the
card, you can get it from the FCC ID number. See this page:

http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/help.html

PattyL


"kp" wrote in message
...
ah yes...I failed to mention...this gateway is so old that the card that's
in there is one I put in later.

I guess I'm not sure what to do if the card is not the one I thought it
was.
Am I going to have to yank it out to look at it? probably...

"PattyL" wrote in message
...
Go to the Gateway site and put in the serial number from this PC. You
will
then get to a page that has the specific hardware and drivers listed for
this computer. Download and install the correct driver and you should be
okay.

http://support.gateway.com/support/default.asp

PattyL


"kp" wrote in message
...
I reformatted the hard disk on my old Gateway pc. Reinstalled Win98, no
problem.

I wanted to hook up again to my high speed internet connection so I
could
put all the updates on there before giving this computer to a family
that
needs it.

But I'm unable to make a connection. Looking in hardware profiles I see
the
PCI ethernet driver controller needs a driver. I put in the CD that I
thought came with it and I'm not having any success.

Cruising with Google(on my other computer) really didn't tell me what
to
do
either. I did read one suggestion to take the hardware out and put it
back
and see if Win98 recognizes it. I'd rather not if I can help it.

Any suggestions?
Thanks!
kp

On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:23:37 -0500, "kp" wrote:

ah yes...I failed to mention...this gateway is so old that the card that's
in there is one I put in later.

I guess I'm not sure what to do if the card is not the one I thought it was.
Am I going to have to yank it out to look at it? probably...

Try StartRun and enter hwinfo /ui. Use Ctrl+F to find ethernet.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Computer Help and Information http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/