I'm sorry if I'm putting this in the wrong place. If I'm, please direct me to the right place:). I have windows me that have a ethernet card on it. Someone installed it on my computer a long time ago when working on it to see what was wrong with it. Well I had another problem with the computer and had to restore with my original restore cd which wiped out the driver for the ethernet card. I have seen drivers to download but my windows won't support it. I now have windows xp so I want to find the correct driver so I can download and write it to a cd to install on my old computer(If possible) Sorry for rambling. My question is this. How do I know what driver to download if no information is coming up about the ethernet card? I go to system hardware then device manager. It shows PCI ethernet controller with a yellow ? And then a yellow ! Over that. When I click on properties this is what is says.

Device type: Other devices
Manufacturer:None specicied
Hardware version: 000

The drivers for this device are not installed.


Any and all help will be greatly appreicated!

Thank you!

My memory of Windows ME is foggy. So... If the adapter is PCI, there may be a PCI device ID listed somewhere in the adapter's properties in the device manager. If found, the ID can be researched via Google, the PCI ID Repository (http://pciids.sourceforge.net/), or PCI Database (http://www.pcidatabase.com/). Otherwise, the adapter can be pulled and looked at for identifying information and then the manufacturer's website visited to obtain a driver. Lacking any identifying info, there will be a FCC ID imprinted on the adapter that can be searched for at the FCC's equipment authorization database (http://www.fcc.gov/oet/ea/Welcome.html) to identify the manufacturer.

If the card is not a major brand with a web presence, finding a driver could easily consume an afternoon of web scouring. It may be less effort to purchase a new low cost adapter for around $10 either online at a site like Newegg.com or locally at a Walmart, etc. but, verify Windows ME driver support prior to purchase.

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