i have reformatted my computer and reinstalled windows and am having problems connecting to the interent. i went in to device manager and it showed me a list of other devices that had yellow question marks on them among them are: ethernet controller, multimedia audio controller, network controller, pci modem, video controller (vga compatible). how do i get the computer to accept these peices of hard ware.
i tried to update drivers but i dont have a connection to the internet i thought this might be because the ethernet controller isnt working but i have a wireless card so it shouldnt be that.
also how can i get my wireless card working again i dont think i have the cd that came with it.
thanks

You'll need to download the driver elsewhere, and burn it to a CD or a floppy. You can normally go to the manufacturer's (network card's) website and download it for free there.

The drivers might be on the XP disk you used to reformat. Go back to device manager, click on one of the missing drivers and follow the instructions to install from a disk. Let it search your XP disk for the drivers.

i dont know the exact model of my wireless network card can i find it trhough device manager if so what would it be under
thanks for the ideas

Originally Posted by double0pat76

i dont know the exact model of my wireless network card can i find it trhough device manager if so what would it be under
thanks for the ideas

Get Belarc Advisor http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
free programe. Copy to disc or floppy and install on comp with problems, run, it will give clues to the make and model or the motherboard, then you can get the drivers. One point, if this is an Intel you will need the Chipset driver, this tells Windows which files to load.

Hope this helps

got my internet working but when i try to update the drivers for my ethernet contoller, multimedia audio contoler, and vidio controller i get the message: hard ware not installed because wizard cannot find necessary software
any ideas appreciated
thanks

Like T_D_D said, you need to install Belarc advisor to get all the info on your hardware. Once you know what make/model of components you have a simple google search should bring some results in for the drivers

i downloaded that program but i dont know what i need to update im going to post it here and can you tell me what i need to update please.

3.00 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
16 kilobyte primary memory cache
2048 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Dell Inc. 0U7077
Serial Number: ..CN481114CQ0841.
Bus Clock: 800 megahertz
BIOS: Dell Inc. A04 01/10/2005
Drives Memory Modules c,d
159.92 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
154.89 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HP CD-Writer+ 9100 [CD-ROM drive]
PHILIPS DVD+-RW DVD8631 [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

SanDisk Cruzer Mini USB Device (123 MB) -- drive 1
ST3160023AS [Hard drive] (160.00 GB) -- drive 0 1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 0' has 512 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 0' has 512 MB
Slot 'CHANNEL A DIMM 1' is Empty
Slot 'CHANNEL B DIMM 1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 156.14 GB 154.46 GB free
g: (NTFS on drive 0) 3.78 GB 429 MB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Pat 3/16/2006 1:19:44 PM (admin)
local system accounts
Administrator never (admin)
Guest 3/15/2006 11:58:45 PM
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 266F
Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller] None detected
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2658
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 2659
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265A
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB Universal Host Controller - 265B
Intel(R) 82801FB/FBM USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 265C Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Communications Other Devices
Intel(R) 537EP V9x DF PCI Modem


NETGEAR WG311v2 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter
primary
Gateway: 192.168.2.1
Dhcp Server: 192.168.2.1
Physical Address: 00:0F:B5:45:02:04

Networking Dns Server:
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Root Hub (

thanks

http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/d102550.asp Should do the trick for ya

thanks but i already fixed that part. i have my internet working but i still have yellow question marks over ethernet controller, multimedia auido controller, and video controller (vga compatible)
if i try to update it says that it can not find a better match then what is there. how do i fix this i did not update these driver succfuly yet due to this problem.

also im trying to get files off of another computer by running an ethernet cable between them and making a small network i know how to set it up and have done it before but now when i try it tells me i might not have permission to share files is this because of the ethernet controller problem? if not please guve suggestions.
thanks