Reinstalling XP Pro... help

[Valdemar]

Hi Fellas,

Been a while since I was last here, but once again I need the help of the sharpest minds on the net

I reinstalled an old PC yesterday with the proper XP Pro CD and reformatting and all, everything went fine... until I plugged in the LAN cable....

It wont go on the internet, in fact it wont even recognise there IS a net card in it 

I can't in any of the conrol panel options find a way to make it find, and possibly install, the net card so I can get onwards...

I SEEM to recall I had a similar problem last time I reinstalled the PC, but I can't recall how I solved it...

Help..

Please?

V

[DGuller]

I've had the same problem when I built my new computer a couple of weeks ago, and installed Vista.  I then realized that I forgot to install motherboard drivers, which solved it.

[Valdemar]

Thanks Dguller... but that begs then.. how to do that???? Shouldn't XP install default drivers like it does for mouse and so on?

V

[Josquius]

You've obviously got the internet somehow. Why can't you just search for and download the drivers for this card and then transfer them over onto the computer in question?

[Grey Fox]

Is the LAN card on the mobo? Then get the drivers for it.

[Viking]

I hate my Vista.

[DGuller]

Thanks Dguller... but that begs then.. how to do that???? Shouldn't XP install default drivers like it does for mouse and so on?

V

Can't help you there, I've had a disk with my mobo.  Hopefully you can find the drivers on the Internet somewhere.

[Darth Wagtaros]

If it is a built in LAN, that is part of the mobo or just a PCI you'll need the drivers. XP does not have all the drivers, remember that XP came out a good number of years ago now. 

[Barrister]

I hate my Vista.

Word.

I am contemplating junking everything on my laptop and doing a fresh install of Win 7 (or maybe just XP).  But then again I kind of want to throw the whole damn thing out the window and buy a MacBook next spring.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Macbooks are for pretty boyz or care about their flaire.  This ain't the 90s when Macs meant good hardware.

[Grey Fox]

If you decide to throw it out, be kind & mail it to me

[Barrister]

Macbooks are for pretty boyz or care about their flaire.  This ain't the 90s when Macs meant good hardware.

Actually the new MacBook Pro line looks to have very good hardware.   

[Darth Wagtaros]

BEEEEP! WRONG!  They are made by slave laborers and Jaron's relatives.

[DontSayBanana]

Macbooks are for pretty boyz or care about their flaire.  This ain't the 90s when Macs meant good hardware.

Actually the new MacBook Pro line looks to have very good hardware.   

Top players don't always work well together, as was discovered in the case of S' MacBook Pro (video chipset problems). Anyway, they're now using the same "very good hardware" that you can get optioned into a PC. It boils down to whether you want to pay for the name and a few pretty but useless bells and whistles.

[Valdemar]

If it is a built in LAN, that is part of the mobo or just a PCI you'll need the drivers. XP does not have all the drivers, remember that XP came out a good number of years ago now.

All right, but shouldn't it put a default driver in, just like it does for mouse, monitor and so on?

IF I can find the drivers somehow, then how do I install them then? Windows seems unable to recognise there even IS a card avaialbe, much less that it needs drivers, the hardware wizrds are at a loss

V