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Need old drivers

  • 16-07-2014 8:51pm
    #1
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭


    upgraded a fujitsu siemens esprimo P2500 from xp to win 7


    but for the life of me I can't seem to find any Ethernet drivers for it


    so it can't connect to the internet , I know I can use slimdriver etc but useless unless I can actually get on the net


    any advice greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    Fysh
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 11,107 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fysh


    If you're willing to trust it there's a page here claiming to have drivers for it. Not sure whether they're kosher, mind you...

    Aside from that, this page suggests that you've probably got an SIS 661FX motherboard in the thing. I've not been able to find anything to pin down what ethernet controller that would have on board, and it doesn't look like SIS have any Win7 drivers for any of their legacy components, so unless you've got more information to share you may be stuck. Might be easiest to just buy either a cheap PCI NIC or a USB dongle and get around the problem that way.


  • #3
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    have you tried looking for Vista drivers ?

    in device manager it should list a hardware id that you could look up

    if you have an Ubuntu or Knoppix or other Linux/BSD live CD you could boot it up to see what it says about your hardware


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    It's an ADMtek AN983 chip in this system I believe. Not sure if the company even still exists anymore.


  • #5
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    Karsini wrote: »
    It's an ADMtek AN983 chip in this system I believe. Not sure if the company even still exists anymore.

    Cheers

    Any links to an external internet card ? Plug and play


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,596 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    borrow a card just long enough to connect and search for a driver

    you must know someone with a USB wifi card or even a 3G dongle thing

    or an old PCI network card



    In the really old days you'd be talking serial ports and dial up modems or laplink cables

    and using mode and a serial cable to get interlnk to copy itself over


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