I just built a new computer from the ground up. Everything on it is running fine except that I cannot connect to the internet. When I attempt to install the necessary programs provided by my high speed cable provider, I get a message return "Cannot detect your Network Interface Card (NIC).
The connections are double checked between the cable modem, the ethernet plugs and where it plugs into my motherboard.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-K8N-SLI NF4SLI 939
The built in helper instructs me to go to 'Start -> control panel -> add hardware -> (install detected hardware). I can't complete the last step because it doesn't detect any new hardware.
Is there something else that I should be looking for or something else that I should be doing? I can't connect to the internet until this is resolved.
Thank you.
2006-06-09 02:47:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
UPDATED: Your NIC is built into your motherboard...use the driver CD that came with your motherboard...it has the chipset drivers and network drivers on it...if you haven't run it that is your problem. Also, check Gigabytes website for updated drivers and BIOS before you get to far....
2006-06-09 02:54:26 · answer #1 · answered by Sam F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ehternet card should have come with a driver disk. Go into the control panel, click the system icon, go under the hardware tab, and click the device manager button.
Look and see if your network card is listed under the installed devices. If so, right click on the card and uninstall it.
Reboot the pc and it should find the card and ask for the driver disk. Once it has loaded the driver it should work.
2006-06-09 02:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If all drivers are installed, then goto control panel system device mangaer and see if anything if flagged, and if it is try searching for drivers from there, also check motherboard driver disk, if you are useing an add on card take it out reboot and then , install again , if that fails go get a new card thay are very cheap, and test that, if that works maybe the mother board has a fault.
2006-06-09 02:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by **Xp_mAn_Xp** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must install a driver for the network interface card
2006-06-09 02:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by JIAYOU C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to install it in another slot, then load the drivers. and if that don't work take the card back and get another one.
Harry
2006-06-09 03:43:29 · answer #5 · answered by Harry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and you think you know everything and run to criticize others
FUNNNNNNNY
2006-06-09 10:48:35 · answer #6 · answered by qwq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋