USB ports

Thanks for warnings but I have already sussed out who I can trust to give me
genuine help in this group.
Elector & Anthony have always got me out of a hole.
Bet you can't get me out of this one though.
Got a new Ethernet card from PCs this morning and fitted it quite easily.
Message on screen says detected new hardware and will install software
needed to drive it.
Clicked on box to say I had a disk (it came with the card)
but message says it cant find a driver on the disk for this device and do I
want Windows to search for a driver.
Clicked "yes" and it finds a driver and installs it but it don't work.
In device manager it shows the ethernet card but with a yellow query mark
and says that no driver is installed.
I click on update driver and it says the best driver is already installed
for this device.
Have now spent hours uninstalling and reinstalling, each time having to
reboot but always with the same result.
(Anybody want a cheap computer)
Thanks in anticipation (or maybe constipation)
Jim.

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"Jim McQuillan" wrote in message
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Thanks for warnings but I have already sussed out who I can trust to give
me
genuine help in this group.
Elector & Anthony have always got me out of a hole.
Bet you can't get me out of this one though.
Got a new Ethernet card from PCs this morning and fitted it quite easily.
Message on screen says detected new hardware and will install software
needed to drive it.
Clicked on box to say I had a disk (it came with the card)
but message says it cant find a driver on the disk for this device and do
I
want Windows to search for a driver.
Clicked "yes" and it finds a driver and installs it but it don't work.
In device manager it shows the ethernet card but with a yellow query mark
and says that no driver is installed.
I click on update driver and it says the best driver is already installed
for this device.
Have now spent hours uninstalling and reinstalling, each time having to
reboot but always with the same result.
(Anybody want a cheap computer)
Thanks in anticipation (or maybe constipation)
Jim.

RTFM don't bother to reply.




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Jim:

On set up there must be a free IRQ on the computer. You can do this in a few
different ways. I am not sure which NIC card you purchased. But if it was a
3COM it has a diskette that will set up the proper IRQ for the nic card
automatically.

What you have now is a conflict. If you double click the device it will tell
you what and where the conflict is. If you want to manually set up the NIC
card you must click on the channel (IRQ) in the device properties box to a
non conflicting state. When there is no conflict the NIC properties box will
show you as "this device is working properly" you then restart your machine
and it should be all taken care of.

Please read the below to solve your problem:


Installing a network interface card Windows 95/98 is supposed to be able to
use "Plug and Play" technology to automatically detect and configure new
hardware devices (like your ethernet card). To do this, you must shut down
your computer and turn its power off. Remove the case from your computer
(this will probably entail removing the screws in the back). Find an empty
slot and remove the metal piece covering the back of the slot. Gently push
the ethernet card into the slot. It may require firm pressure but don't
force the card into a slot if it doesn't fit into (the slot should be the
same size as the fitting on the bottom of the card). Once the card is firmly
screwed in place and the case has been put back on your computer, turn the
power back on. When Windows 95/98 boots up, you should see a message telling
you that "Windows 95/98 has detected new hardware and is installing the
drivers for it." Follow the on-screen instructions (which may require you to
insert your Windows 95/98 system CD). You will probably be asked to restart
your computer.
You should check the status of your network interface card by checking your
Device Manager . Right click on the My Computer icon with your mouse. Select
"Properties" from the menu of choices. If you click on the Device Manager
tab, you should see your newly installed ethernet card under the Network
adapters section.

If a yellow exclamation appears next to your network card, you have a device
conflict. This indicates that your ethernet card is not functioning
correctly. If there is a conflict, select the network card in the Device
Manager (left click on it so it is highlighted). Press the Remove button on
the bottom of the window and follow the directions below.

If Windows 95/98 did not automatically detect your network card or you have
just removed the conflicting driver as directed above, you can try loading
the driver provided by the card manufacturer. To manually install the
drivers for the card, you need to open the Add New Hardware control panel
(under Settings in your Start Menu). Follow the Hardware Wizard's
instructions. When asked if you want Windows 95/98 to search for your new
devices, select No. Select Network Adapter as the type of device to install.

You will be presented with a list of manufacturers and NIC models to choose
from. If you don't see your card listed there, or if you want to install the
driver that came with your card, click the Have Disk button, and insert the
disk with the driver on it into your A: drive. If the driver is located
elsewhere than the root directory of the A: drive, type the path to the
driver in the available field.

The driver will be installed from your disk or Windows 95/98 CD/disks
(depending on whether you went with the available Windows drivers or the
manufacturer's driver). You will have to restart your computer to see if the
installation of the driver was successful.

If you are still having problems with your NIC, you might end up having to
remove the card from the computer and change jumper or switch settings;
consult the NIC manual or contact the manufacturer for further assistance


I hope that helped?

Elector

PS Yeah I agree I like Anthony also!

Did you try "browsing" the disk to see if your driver was in a folder marked for your OS? Many driver disks have the actual drivers
inside folders marked Win9x, Win98-ME, NT, etc. I think Win98 will look for a Win98 folder (not 100% sure) but if your folders are
like one of the ones I wrote, it won't find it.
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"Jim McQuillan" wrote in message ...
Thanks for warnings but I have already sussed out who I can trust to give me
genuine help in this group.
Elector & Anthony have always got me out of a hole.
Bet you can't get me out of this one though.
Got a new Ethernet card from PCs this morning and fitted it quite easily.
Message on screen says detected new hardware and will install software
needed to drive it.
Clicked on box to say I had a disk (it came with the card)
but message says it cant find a driver on the disk for this device and do I
want Windows to search for a driver.
Clicked "yes" and it finds a driver and installs it but it don't work.
In device manager it shows the ethernet card but with a yellow query mark
and says that no driver is installed.
I click on update driver and it says the best driver is already installed
for this device.
Have now spent hours uninstalling and reinstalling, each time having to
reboot but always with the same result.
(Anybody want a cheap computer)
Thanks in anticipation (or maybe constipation)
Jim.

RTFM don't bother to reply.




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Did you try "browsing" the disk to see if your
driver was in a folder marked for your OS? Many
driver disks have the actual drivers
inside folders marked Win9x, Win98-ME, NT, etc.
I think Win98 will look for a Win98 folder (not
100% sure) but if your folders are
like one of the ones I wrote, it won't find it.

You may also want to try removing the drivers and
physically removing the Eathernet card, then
install the drivers, then physicallly install the
Eathernet card. ALso check to see if there is a
"SETUP" program on the cd and let that run too.
Windows may be installing a generic driver. (Just
a couple of guesses)

What kind of card is it BTW?
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Thanks for warnings but I have already sussed
out who I can trust to give me
genuine help in this group.
Elector & Anthony have always got me out of a
hole.
Bet you can't get me out of this one though.
Got a new Ethernet card from PCs this morning
and fitted it quite easily.
Message on screen says detected new hardware
and will install software
needed to drive it.
Clicked on box to say I had a disk (it came
with the card)
but message says it cant find a driver on the
disk for this device and do I
want Windows to search for a driver.
Clicked "yes" and it finds a driver and
installs it but it don't work.
In device manager it shows the ethernet card
but with a yellow query mark
and says that no driver is installed.
I click on update driver and it says the best
driver is already installed
for this device.
Have now spent hours uninstalling and
reinstalling, each time having to
reboot but always with the same result.
(Anybody want a cheap computer)
Thanks in anticipation (or maybe constipation)
Jim.

RTFM don't bother to reply.




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mdp & Anthony. Thanks for response. Tried all that. Tried installing drive
first then the actual card. Also tried putting card in first then the drive
disk but always get the same message that it cant find a driver on the disk
for this device. Took it back to PCs and swapped it for a different make and
guess what- it does exactly the same.
Both the floppies have a folder that says it contains the driver for Windows
98 but my computer obviously cant read it for some reason.
It has got to be my computer at fault. Would like to get another PC but
cant afford one on a pension. Even just buying the tower is stretching it
for me.
I'm ending this query now as I feel I am asking too much of you all when it
is obvious I need to be thinking of a new machine.
Cheers everyone. Jim
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"mdp" wrote in
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Did you try "browsing" the disk to see if your
driver was in a folder marked for your OS? Many
driver disks have the actual drivers
inside folders marked Win9x, Win98-ME, NT, etc.
I think Win98 will look for a Win98 folder (not
100% sure) but if your folders are
like one of the ones I wrote, it won't find it.

You may also want to try removing the drivers and
physically removing the Eathernet card, then
install the drivers, then physicallly install the
Eathernet card. ALso check to see if there is a
"SETUP" program on the cd and let that run too.
Windows may be installing a generic driver. (Just
a couple of guesses)

What kind of card is it BTW?
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Thanks for warnings but I have already sussed
out who I can trust to give me
genuine help in this group.
Elector & Anthony have always got me out of a
hole.
Bet you can't get me out of this one though.
Got a new Ethernet card from PCs this morning
and fitted it quite easily.
Message on screen says detected new hardware
and will install software
needed to drive it.
Clicked on box to say I had a disk (it came
with the card)
but message says it cant find a driver on the
disk for this device and do I
want Windows to search for a driver.
Clicked "yes" and it finds a driver and
installs it but it don't work.
In device manager it shows the ethernet card
but with a yellow query mark
and says that no driver is installed.
I click on update driver and it says the best
driver is already installed
for this device.
Have now spent hours uninstalling and
reinstalling, each time having to
reboot but always with the same result.
(Anybody want a cheap computer)
Thanks in anticipation (or maybe constipation)
Jim.

RTFM don't bother to reply.




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Sorry Elector but I didn't get any mail from you with step by step
instructions. Don't know what could have happened to that. Jim
"Elector" wrote in message
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"Jim McQuillan" wrote in message
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mdp & Anthony. Thanks for response. Tried all that. Tried installing
drive
first then the actual card. Also tried putting card in first then
the drive
disk but always get the same message that it cant find a driver on
the disk
for this device. Took it back to PCs and swapped it for a different
make and
guess what- it does exactly the same.
Both the floppies have a folder that says it contains the driver for
Windows
98 but my computer obviously cant read it for some reason.
It has got to be my computer at fault. Would like to get another PC
but
cant afford one on a pension. Even just buying the tower is
stretching it
for me.
I'm ending this query now as I feel I am asking too much of you all
when it
is obvious I need to be thinking of a new machine.
Cheers everyone. Jim


Jim did you get my step by step instructions I sent to you yesterday
via the newsgroup?
By following those instructions you can install the card with a little
amount of work.
Let me know how you made out with my instructions.

Elector





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Sorry Elector but I didn't get any mail from you with step by step
instructions. Don't know what could have happened to that. Jim

Hi Jim:

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/too...ocs/ug/ch1.htm

http://www.unex.com.tw/Support/FAQ/NICs/answer3.html For the dread
install of the wrong driver and how to remove them.

http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/step/1,...+20052,00.html is
the means to know about plug and play.

It is funny that google did not store the response from yesterday and
I am on the road today and will not be in the office. In any case my
original advice was that you remove the NIC and restart the machine
without it. Then after the machine is booted up simply turn off the
machine and then reinstall the card via the add/remove hardware
instead of the Plug & Play method which should work but did not.

Under the add and remove hardware your going to add a Network Adaptor,
then your going to save have disk for the adapter you own (Not from
the list) then direct it to the floppy drive click on the proper
drivers folder and then click continue. The system should then find
the drivers and load them. On restart the nic card should be flashing
green as being connected and functional. You can confirm this via the
START-SETTINGS-CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-PROPERTIES-DEVICE MANAGER and then
look to see if the device has any conflicts.

If not your all set to go and happy computing. If not then you will
have to remove all the drivers from the nic install as in my second
link. Please remember I use 3COM NIC for their easy of install and
support and drivers.

If you still have problem write back and I will reply.

Elector

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 11:44:02 GMT, "Elector"
wrote:


"Jim McQuillan" wrote in message
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Sorry Elector but I didn't get any mail from you with step by step
instructions. Don't know what could have happened to that. Jim

Hi Jim:

http://support.3com.com/infodeli/too...ocs/ug/ch1.htm

http://www.unex.com.tw/Support/FAQ/NICs/answer3.html For the dread
install of the wrong driver and how to remove them.

http://howto.lycos.com/lycos/step/1,...+20052,00.html is
the means to know about plug and play.

It is funny that google did not store the response from yesterday and
I am on the road today and will not be in the office. In any case my
original advice was that you remove the NIC and restart the machine
without it. Then after the machine is booted up simply turn off the
machine and then reinstall the card via the add/remove hardware
instead of the Plug & Play method which should work but did not.

Under the add and remove hardware your going to add a Network Adaptor,
then your going to save have disk for the adapter you own (Not from
the list) then direct it to the floppy drive click on the proper
drivers folder and then click continue. The system should then find
the drivers and load them. On restart the nic card should be flashing
green as being connected and functional. You can confirm this via the
START-SETTINGS-CONTROL PANEL-SYSTEM-PROPERTIES-DEVICE MANAGER and then
look to see if the device has any conflicts.

If not your all set to go and happy computing. If not then you will
have to remove all the drivers from the nic install as in my second
link. Please remember I use 3COM NIC for their easy of install and
support and drivers.

If you still have problem write back and I will reply.

Elector


If the driver disk has an *.ini or *.sys file then this is the driver
you need to point to. If there is a setup.exe file (Application),
then that is what needs to be run to install drivers. Your PC will
then either find the hardware and install drivers or reboot and then
install the drivers.

If you need to completely remove any driver due to faulty
installation, reboot into Safe Mode and go into Device Manager to
delete all traces then reboot to install the correct drivers.