Caterpillar
New Member
The Ethernet port on my motherboard is blown, I'm suspecting lightning as it took my PSU out as well. While I've replaced that, I now need a way to connect to the internet again.
The computer doesn't pick the port up at all, i.e it's not showing under adapters. I have updated all drivers (chipset, the port and everything else I could find) and I have made sure that it is enabled in the BIOS.
So my question now is, would a PCI network card work the same? And do you get ones that take both cable and are wireless too?
Wired: D-Link-DGE-528T-Gigabit-Network-Card-PCI
Wireless: Zyxel-Zyair-Series-PCI-Wireless-Adapter-with-5dbi-antenna
Side note, is it as simple as plugging it in and them letting Windows install the drivers?
The computer doesn't pick the port up at all, i.e it's not showing under adapters. I have updated all drivers (chipset, the port and everything else I could find) and I have made sure that it is enabled in the BIOS.
So my question now is, would a PCI network card work the same? And do you get ones that take both cable and are wireless too?
Wired: D-Link-DGE-528T-Gigabit-Network-Card-PCI
Wireless: Zyxel-Zyair-Series-PCI-Wireless-Adapter-with-5dbi-antenna
Side note, is it as simple as plugging it in and them letting Windows install the drivers?
