cannot connect to the internet? help please.

bassy

hi i just got a desktop pc and it had no harddrive so i installed a new sata harddrive in it and fresh install of windows xp professional,everything seemed to go smoothly.

until i clicked on internet explorer and no joy at all connecting to the net.i am on digiweb with router connection.

when i go to my network connections theres 2 connections there 1394 connection 2 and 1394 connection, what i,m wondering is how come i don,t have a local area connection in there?

i disabled one of the 1394 connections and still nothing,theres nothing at all no ip address no subnet mask details.

would really appreciate some help on this guys as i,m near to pulling me hair out :mad:

Jrad

Em.....you are on the internet. Welcome.

bassy

ye on the internet with my laptop,its my desktp pc that i cannot connect to the internet with.

Jrad wrote: »

Em.....you are on the internet. Welcome.

passive

Dammit Jrad... I was going to say that...

Sorry for your troubles OP, I'm sure someone techy and helpful will have some suggestions shortly! I haven't the slightest clue...

blackgold>>

Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers etc? haha :eek::rolleyes:
Goodluck.

bassy

no i did,nt m8 do i have to install the drivers for those?as i don,t have the disks.

blackgold>> wrote: »

Did you install the motherboard chipset drivers etc? haha :eek::rolleyes:
Goodluck.

blackgold>>

Ya you need them.

Download this onto your laptop.
http://www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-143.zip

That will tell you what motherboard you have , from there then you can go get the drivers from their site.

dvdfan

Can you do a screenshot of the device manager and expand any folder with an exclamation or Question mark, were particularly interested in the Network Adapter section, actually if your using the laptop then a screenshot isnt possible so tell us the names of all the things with a ? beside it?

On XP Pro to get to device manager right click on My Computer, choose properties then click on the hardware TAB and then device manager

It may be that your driver isnt installed in which case the disc that came with your pc should have something on the lines of a driver utilities disc or something similar.

blackgold>>

He said he didn't install drivers as he has no cd.

bassy

have attached a picture of my device manager,theres quite a few with yellow question marks.

Ruu_Old

Yeah you need to do as blackgold>> said, identify the chipset manufacturer and then go to the site (intel, etc) and download the driver set, should be set after that.

blackgold>>

Yeah you need to do as bassy said

Hey ruu must be nice grass your smoking :rolleyes::D

Jrad

blackgold>> wrote: »

Hey ruu must be nice grass your smoking :rolleyes::D

Yeah ruu! Clown!

Ruu_Old

Oops..ninja edit...away!

bassy

giving it a shot now guys,will let you know how i get on,thanks.

blackgold>>

Goodluck

bassy

where do i go to download the drivers m8.

model:A8N-SLI
chipset: NVIDIA nFORCE4

i,m running windows xp professional on me desktop.

blackgold>>

Nice choice of board

http://support.asus.com/download/download_item.aspx?product=1&model=A8N-SLI&SLanguage=en-us

You only need these .

nVidia Chipset (run the setup.exe in the folder called winxp)
http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/nvidia/Chipset_WINXP32_V665.zip

Audio driver http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/audio/ALC850/ALC850_64bit_5781.zip



And run this when you got the chipset and audio installed.

asus update program
http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/flash/AsusUpdt_V70602.zip

Goodluck

bassy

http://support.asus.com/download/dow...Language=en-us

no download comin up in that link m8,can you take a look please.

blackgold>>

That link was just their to show you thats the website incase you need it again.
Sorry about that bud i should have mentioned that to ya.

bassy

no worries blackgold,gonna give it a go now.thanks for your help m8 fully appreciated cheers. i,ll let you know how i get on.

blackgold>>

your welcome .
goodluck .

bassy

blackgold i got it all installed,but still cannot connect to the internet.
i have local area connection which is connected and ip address and all details are there but just can,t open any web pages or can,t even log in to msn,any ideas m8?cheers.

blackgold>>

ping your router if you get a reply atleast we know it's working on that level.
Let me know how you get on.

bassy

hey m8 how do i go about pinging my router?,START/RUN/TYPE cmd,what do i type then.

blackgold>> wrote: »

ping your router if you get a reply atleast we know it's working on that level.
Let me know how you get on.

blackgold>>

Bassy check your pm's

bassy

just checking now m8.