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    acer 5920 xp no wired lan card

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by korgoth3, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. korgoth3

    korgoth3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    i installed xp with drivers and everything works perfect, except i have no wired lan card.

    ive never even seen this before, the card doesnt even show up as a hardware.
    any ideas? this is a new computer, and i didnt even try vista, but ill assume everything is in working order.
     
    korgoth3, Sep 10, 2008
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    that's strannge as hell,,, so there is noothing in the OTHER DEVICES section?
     
    bigozone, Sep 11, 2008
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    nothing at all. i even reinstalled xp just to check, same problem

    im going to install vista and see if it still has the same problem
     
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    have you tried to FORCE the driver anyway?? that's the only thing i can think of....
     
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    you mean force like install it anyway? yes nothing works, seems like vista doesnt recognize it either, it might just be a faulty motherboard or something

    pisses me off that i bought a broken computer but i have no other explanation for it.

    aggrevating
     
    korgoth3, Sep 11, 2008
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    do you thin kyou could post a pic of your device manager so i could compare?

    i really need to figure this out
     
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    i'm running XP on my ASPIRE 5315 so i doubt my screenshot would help much..

    your best bet may be to contact ACER and describe the problem... they are going to want you to return the PC for service,,, but the fact that neither XP or vista detects the WIRED NETWORK INTERFACE tells me you may have a motherboard issue..

    wish i could help more
     
    bigozone, Sep 11, 2008
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    i can tell you that in XP my network adapters showed up under OTHER DEVICES as soon as XP finished loading... and with correct drivers installed they show up in the NETWORKING section of device manager
     

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    thanks for all the help. im putting xp back on now, but im pretty certain it did not show up at any time of the installation, last time i installed xp i especially checked unknown devices and didnt see anything. i do appreciate the help though.
     
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    maybe you'll get lucky and it'll show up this time
     
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    Check device manager under vista next time, sounds like the LAN chipset is not supported natively.
     
    SSX4life, Sep 11, 2008
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