I am looking to buy a ethernet card for an old computer of mine. How do i know if the ethernet card is compatible with my motherboard? Someone told me that there is no compatibility with ethernet cards...that they all work with any motherboard...Is that true??
Thanks a lot
2007-02-19 11:29:48 · 2 answers · asked by james 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
Most ethernet cards are PCI (Usually a white slot - occasionally blue) Some VERY old motherboards only had ISA slots (486 through early pentium) Just check that your old computer has a spare white slot, not just a long black one, and get yourself a PCI network card.
The only other issue is that if the old computer runs only windows 98 or older, make sure your new card has win98 drivers or whichever version you need.
If this old computer has never been networked before, you will need the original windows CD to install some networking components to the operating system. It will ask when/if it needs them.
That should be it.
2007-02-19 11:48:50 · answer #1 · answered by teef_au 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yah any ethernet card works..no problem and even now a days if you are using windows XP than no need to install the driver, it automatically install everything, use have to just make connections...but some time some window unable to find the suitable driver so never forget to bring the driver CD for that card.
2007-02-19 11:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋