Quick help needed Please

[Talonboy]

hi i just formated my dads HHD and install the driver for my dads earthernet card . but in devbice manager theres a red X on it .. what does that mean ???? when i first insatlled it after the formatt it was fine ... i installed a few other things (maybe the video cards drivers winme restore update from Ie update etc) and then i tried getting the net and didnt get anythign .. i look in device manager and seen the red X i removed it and reinstalled it. still no luck any ideas ??

[JungleMan1]

That means the card is disabled. Right click it and choose Enable. Or right click and choose properties, and read the reason why it is disabled.

[Talonboy]

i enable it and it still has that red mark !!! i rebooted also still red ceheck .. how cna i fix it ?

[Radical Dreamer]

Check to see that it is not sharing any resources with anything and that the driver is installed, try removing the part from the device manager and then rebooting and then reloading the driver

[Talonboy]

Check to see that it is not sharing any resources with anything and that the driver is installed??? what do u mean

[DiR[ëctory]]

[quote]Originally posted by Talonboy:
<strong>hi i just formated my dads HHD and install the driver for my dads earthernet card . but in devbice manager theres a red X on it .. what does that mean ???? when i first insatlled it after the formatt it was fine ... i installed a few other things (maybe the video cards drivers winme restore update from Ie update etc) and then i tried getting the net and didnt get anythign .. i look in device manager and seen the red X i removed it and reinstalled it. still no luck any ideas ??</strong><hr></blockquote>

To see if it is sharing resources right click on my computer>device manager>pick out the card and right click on it and select > properties

The click the resource tabs. It will tell you if there is a conflict with any other component on your machine.

Let us know.

[Talonboy]

it says no conflicts

[Talonboy]

someone pleas help me .. my dads being a pain in the *** and wont leave me alone .. i cant figure why it is disabling te earthernet card .. there are no conflicts !

[FreeFreak]

Try deleting the card in Device manager and then reboot. Windows should find the card again and you can reinstall it. If not, then you can go to Add New Hardware and add it there.

Have fun with your dad...I know how that works... :D ;)

[Talonboy]

tried it .

[Talonboy]

ok this is really weird ok i deleted the device .. reboot when windows starts up it detects it installes it and asks me to restart .THIS IS TE WEIRD PART ,, i click no and look at the device and its fine ... i then reboot and the device then comes up disabled (after the boot) !!!! HELP !!!!! pulling out my hair here

:mad:

[Gollo]

give us some system specs. What hardware combinations does it have. Also you might try physically moving the NIC to a different PCI slot (if you can).

[Talonboy]

i dont understand this he never had this problem on his computer,,, i will try the moving of the card to another slot .. and my buddy might have a extra earthnet card but the thing that gets me is that IT WAS WORKING EARLY TODAY ! i was downloading from his computer !!!!! man i really hate computers sometime!! grrrrr i want to enflick pain on that computer so so bad heheh .. well any other info would be much appr. thank you the sooner i get it fix the sooner i get my dad off my case ..

:D

[Please delete this account]

[quote]Originally posted by Talonboy:
<strong>i dont understand this he never had this problem on his computer,,, i will try the moving of the card to another slot .. and my buddy might have a extra earthnet card but the thing that gets me is that IT WAS WORKING EARLY TODAY ! i was downloading from his computer !!!!! man i really hate computers sometime!! grrrrr i want to enflick pain on that computer so so bad heheh .. well any other info would be much appr. thank you the sooner i get it fix the sooner i get my dad off my case ..

:D </strong><hr></blockquote>

Ethernet…Ethernet…Ethernet!!! If you tried to install an “earthernet” card, that may be your problem right there! Microsoft stopped supporting drivers for those cards due to some form of “global conspiracy” in the industry. :)

As to the problem with the Ethernet card, are you letting Windows install its own driver; the OS may have incorrectly identified it. If you are using the third party driver, are you absolutely certain that it is correct? You say the card worked before; did you print out a copy of the Devise manager list before you wiped out the PC? If you did, you would see what hardware was installed, and could download the most current, correct driver. If not, you need to yank the card and look for some identification, so you can be sure it isn't just that the wrong driver is installed, and is disabling itself.

[Talonboy]

i installed the drivers that came with it from the org box !

[Talonboy]

Thank you for all you help sguys i got it . What i did was first put the card onto a different PCI slot then i removed the driver. booted windows tried to auto detect i canceled and then insatll drivers from the manf we page instead of the drivers disk and so far so good ..

thank guys for all your help

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