Reformating w/ Internet Problems

shakezula · 02-16-2007, 05:48 AM

My problem is pretty simple. I'm not too inclined when it comes to computers. I purchased a laptop off of eBay with an UNFORMATTED HDD. I guess the guy switched HDDs when he switched to a newer laptop? I don't know, well I installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 which I have got free from a friend until I can buy Vista(if I ever).

Now what happens is, I cannot connect to the internet. It has an internal wireless card and an Ethernet port. But ethier are responsive to anything. How can I get drivers or updated drivers for this hardware to work?

It was a NEW UNFORMATTED HDD in the laptop and I installed Windows XP SP1 on it.

Please help, I don't want my money to go to waste! Thanks!

Yo-Yo · 02-16-2007, 06:46 AM

If you can, get service pack 2 on you laptop.
http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpsp2.html (to bypass mirosoft)
Then get something like HWINFO32 to find what kind of wireless card you have.
Then go to the wireless cards website and find the latest driver.
Hope this helps

shakezula · 02-16-2007, 10:00 AM

Thanks. I successfully installed Windows XP SP2 a d HWINFO32 through an external HDD. Worked out perfect! One problem though after I ran HWINFO32, only my ethernet card showed up. No wireless card listed under anything(not even networking). What do I do now? I open the latch to check if they had one, and its there.

The internal wireless card is a:
Broadcom 94318 on a Pentium M/Centrino chipset

Any help please. Thanks!

shakezula · 02-16-2007, 10:09 AM

Also, do they supposed to have a wire hooked up to just the main? Does the MAIN and AUX inputs have to be occupied? My card only has the MAIN one occupied with no other wire.

rationalthinking · 02-16-2007, 11:23 AM

you can have just the main wire hooked to the card...

Do you have a dell? i had the same problem about 3days ago... have an old inspiron with that card in it.. if its a dell try this, the card is a 1370? right?

Try This

shakezula · 02-16-2007, 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rationalthinking

you can have just the main wire hooked to the card...

Do you have a dell? i had the same problem about 3days ago... have an old inspiron with that card in it.. if its a dell try this, the card is a 1370? right?

Try This

That did the trick! Thanks.

Thanks to everyone who give me advice. This problem was frustrating, glad I got it solved.

02-16-2007, 05:48 AM	#1 (permalink)
shakezula Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 25	Reformating w/ Internet Problems My problem is pretty simple. I'm not too inclined when it comes to computers. I purchased a laptop off of eBay with an UNFORMATTED HDD. I guess the guy switched HDDs when he switched to a newer laptop? I don't know, well I installed Windows XP Service Pack 1 which I have got free from a friend until I can buy Vista(if I ever). Now what happens is, I cannot connect to the internet. It has an internal wireless card and an Ethernet port. But ethier are responsive to anything. How can I get drivers or updated drivers for this hardware to work? It was a NEW UNFORMATTED HDD in the laptop and I installed Windows XP SP1 on it. Please help, I don't want my money to go to waste! Thanks!

02-16-2007, 06:46 AM	#2 (permalink)
Yo-Yo Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Spokane,WA, US, Earth, Milky Way, Umm... Posts: 371	If you can, get service pack 2 on you laptop. http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/xpsp2.html (to bypass mirosoft) Then get something like HWINFO32 to find what kind of wireless card you have. Then go to the wireless cards website and find the latest driver. Hope this helps __________________ Pentium D 820 2.8 ghz Asus P5L-VM 1394 1024mb DDR2-PC2 4200 Nvidia 7600 GT 80GB HDD + 120GB IDE XP Pro 3DMark06: 4482

02-16-2007, 10:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
shakezula Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 25	Thanks. I successfully installed Windows XP SP2 a d HWINFO32 through an external HDD. Worked out perfect! One problem though after I ran HWINFO32, only my ethernet card showed up. No wireless card listed under anything(not even networking). What do I do now? I open the latch to check if they had one, and its there. The internal wireless card is a: Broadcom 94318 on a Pentium M/Centrino chipset Any help please. Thanks! Last edited by shakezula; 02-16-2007 at 10:07 AM.

02-16-2007, 11:23 AM	#5 (permalink)
rationalthinking Silver Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Thibodaux, La Age: 23 Posts: 221	you can have just the main wire hooked to the card... Do you have a dell? i had the same problem about 3days ago... have an old inspiron with that card in it.. if its a dell try this, the card is a 1370? right? Try This __________________ Laptop \| HP Pavilion dv6000 Turion64 X2 TL-60 @ 2.03GHz 2048MB 667 Patriot (2 x 1GB) 100GB @ 7200RPM 16MB HTS 256MB GeForce 7200 Desktop \| Shuttle SD32G2B C2D E6600 OC @ 2.49GHz 4096MB 667 OCZ Gold Series (2 x 2GB) 160GB @ 7200RPM 16MB WD1600YS 1GB EVGA GeForce GTX 280

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02-16-2007, 10:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
shakezula Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 25	Also, do they supposed to have a wire hooked up to just the main? Does the MAIN and AUX inputs have to be occupied? My card only has the MAIN one occupied with no other wire.

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