Dell 4300

double b26 · 05-02-2008, 04:33 PM

my g/f drug in this old dell dimension 4300 a while back. she just wanted the bigger monitor for my other pc (which she uses). it was her aunts business computer, and im not sure what she had done to it before we got it, but i had to do a complete reinstall of windows xp. everything seems to be working properly with common windows drivers... except for the NIC. so, at this point i have everything working, but need to download a lot of updates.... which cant be done until i can find the right driver for the network card.

i looked it up on the dell website, but they list only one driver for the NIC, which doesnt work. i have tried searching for about an hour now, but still cant seem to find what it needs. i dont know who makes the card, but i have a couple pics (see bottom of this post).

so, if anyone can help me out i would appreciate it. this is really getting me P.O.'ed.

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pic 2

double b26 · 05-02-2008, 09:49 PM

nevermind... i just went to wal-mart and picked up a new ethernet card and threw it in. wouldnt you know it, the pc picked up and recognized the new card right off the bat. so i have fixed the problem and am now downloading the updates!

05-02-2008, 04:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
double b26 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Virginia, USA Posts: 114	Dell 4300 - PCI Ethernet Adapter my g/f drug in this old dell dimension 4300 a while back. she just wanted the bigger monitor for my other pc (which she uses). it was her aunts business computer, and im not sure what she had done to it before we got it, but i had to do a complete reinstall of windows xp. everything seems to be working properly with common windows drivers... except for the NIC. so, at this point i have everything working, but need to download a lot of updates.... which cant be done until i can find the right driver for the network card. i looked it up on the dell website, but they list only one driver for the NIC, which doesnt work. i have tried searching for about an hour now, but still cant seem to find what it needs. i dont know who makes the card, but i have a couple pics (see bottom of this post). so, if anyone can help me out i would appreciate it. this is really getting me P.O.'ed. pic 1 pic 2 __________________ Dell Dimension 3000 (Windows XP Media Center Edition w/ Rollup 2) 2.66ghz Prescott Celeron D / 2GB G-Skill RAM / 160GB HDD / Asus CD/DVD-DL Combo Burner with LightScribe / 17" Dell Flat Panel Monitor Compaq Presario 6000 (Windows XP Media Center Edition w/ Rollup 2) 2.50ghz Northwoods Pentium 4 / 1GB RAM / 120GB HDD / Phillips CD/DVD Combo Burner / 17" Dell Montior 500GB External HDD - Samsung SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ in a Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling Enclosure

05-02-2008, 09:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
double b26 Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: West Virginia, USA Posts: 114	nevermind... i just went to wal-mart and picked up a new ethernet card and threw it in. wouldnt you know it, the pc picked up and recognized the new card right off the bat. so i have fixed the problem and am now downloading the updates! __________________ Dell Dimension 3000 (Windows XP Media Center Edition w/ Rollup 2) 2.66ghz Prescott Celeron D / 2GB G-Skill RAM / 160GB HDD / Asus CD/DVD-DL Combo Burner with LightScribe / 17" Dell Flat Panel Monitor Compaq Presario 6000 (Windows XP Media Center Edition w/ Rollup 2) 2.50ghz Northwoods Pentium 4 / 1GB RAM / 120GB HDD / Phillips CD/DVD Combo Burner / 17" Dell Montior 500GB External HDD - Samsung SpinPoint T Series HD501LJ in a Thermaltake Max 4 Active Cooling Enclosure

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