Please Some Computer Help - Page 3

leon · #41 06-01-2010, 10:25 PM

Thank you for that, you mention the mother board driver disc, this may sound stupid but where do i get this disc, is it the disc that came with the machine, mine was not a shop computer but was built for me from a computer person that I know.

Leon

Octane (Humayun) · #42 06-01-2010, 10:38 PM

Leon,

There should be a disc in there somewhere which will be your motherboard disc. It might have ASUS or Gigabyte or something like that written on it.

Just bung it in; when the install screen comes up, you might see something to do with NICs/Network Interface Cards, or, 10/100 Ethernet drivers, or something like that. Install that.

Before you do, though, right-click My Computer, go to Properties, and then click the Hardware tab, and then click Device Manager. If you scroll through the list of stuff there, can you see anything with a yellow exclamation mark? It might be that your Ethernet/network card may have a yellow mark next to it, which means it's typically missing drivers. By installing the drivers as mentioned above, and probably a reboot, the card should function fine.

If you need more information, or a step-by-step guide on how to do anything, just ask matey.

H

supernova1965 (Warren) · #43 06-01-2010, 10:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leon

Thank you for that, you mention the mother board driver disc, this may sound stupid but where do i get this disc, is it the disc that came with the machine, mine was not a shop computer but was built for me from a computer person that I know.

Leon

Yes you should have got a Driver disc with the machine if not I would be asking the person who supplied the machine he or she would have gotten the disc when they purchased the mother board for the comp

floyd_2 (Dean) · #44 06-01-2010, 10:43 PM

Just out of interest, try the following:

- Click START --> Click RUN --> then type CMD --> hit <ENTER>

- Type: ipconfig /all

- Hit <ENTER>

- Right click on the title bar of that window. This will bring up a pull down menu. Left click on EDIT --> SELECT ALL

- Hit <Enter>

- Come back to reply to this thread and hit <CTRL><V> to paste all of that info into the thread.

I'm interested to know if your computer knows whether or not you have a network interface installed at all.

Dean

supernova1965 (Warren) · #45 06-01-2010, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floyd_2

Just out of interest, try the following:

- Click START --> Click RUN --> then type CMD --> hit <ENTER>

- Type: ipconfig /all

- Hit <ENTER>

- Right click on the title bar of that window. This will bring up a pull down menu. Left click on EDIT --> SELECT ALL

- Hit <Enter>

- Come back to reply to this thread and hit <CTRL><V> to paste all of that info into the thread.

I'm interested to know if your computer knows whether or not you have a network interface installed at all.

Dean

Leon will have to save the copied data as a word or notepad document and transfer it to another computer to post it on IIS

floyd_2 (Dean) · #46 06-01-2010, 11:03 PM

Good point

Still worth doing if possible as we might be barking up the wrong tree looking for the NIC driver. Mind you, with a fresh install, the default options should have set him up for auto acquisition of IP address etc - should just work on a home network if the NIC is available.

Dean

Octane (Humayun) · #47 07-01-2010, 12:29 AM

Or, he could just do as I suggested, the easy way, and see if he can find any exclamation marks in the Device Manager.

H

Mighty_oz (Marcus) · #48 07-01-2010, 12:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supernova1965

Yes you should have got a Driver disc with the machine if not I would be asking the person who supplied the machine he or she would have gotten the disc when they purchased the mother board for the comp

U can just look at the motherboard to see what brand ( asus etc then the model number PN5 etc) and download the drivers from the internet

Hope this helps.

Tandum (Robin) · #49 07-01-2010, 01:24 AM

It may even display that on boot.

Leon, go get Windows7 now and install it. Should be under $150.

xp is now 8 years old which is like 200 in human years

leon · #50 07-01-2010, 02:01 PM

Well people you have all been very helpful,

and you know what guys, you are all right.

After much elimination and searching I have discovered that I, yep stupid me

did not install the disc that came with the Computer, which is Gigabyte Technology, dohhh.

Anyway after reading the little book that came with it, it tells me that it has all the things I need to get this thing up and running again.

However I did install it and then it tells me, Please enter the CD KEY.

Now i.m searching for the Key.

Will let you know how it goes,

or can we get around this key thing if I can't find it.

Leon

Octane (Humayun) · #51 07-01-2010, 02:17 PM

Leon,

It should be on the white case the disc came in, on a white sticker, on the disc itself or on the CD case.

H

leon · #52 07-01-2010, 02:35 PM

Yea mate I know where it should be,

but i ain't.

Leon

leon · #53 07-01-2010, 02:52 PM

Ok Dean I followed your steps to the letter and this is all I got.

Leon

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Leon Geljon>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

C:\Documents and Settings\Leon Geljon>

floyd_2 (Dean) · #54 07-01-2010, 05:07 PM

Hi Leon,
just one small prob there...

Quote:

C:\Documents and Settings\Leon Geljon>ipconfig/all

There should be a space after "ipconfig" and before the "/", so it would read:

ipconfig /all (ie. .ipconfig [space] /all)

Dean

Mighty_oz (Marcus) · #55 07-01-2010, 05:21 PM

The cd key maybe on your comp case they sometimes put it there, otherwise your friend ? Has it maybe.

mithrandir (Andrew) · #56 07-01-2010, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floyd_2

Hi Leon,
just one small prob there...

There should be a space after "ipconfig" and before the "/", so it would read:

ipconfig /all (ie. .ipconfig [space] /all)

Dean

Windows doesn't give a rats. "ipconfig/all" and "ipconfig /all" both work. Which is in itself strange. It's normally hard enough to find one way to get Windows to do anything right.

Leon, Windows can't see the LAN hardware. Can you post a photo of the back of the PC, the brand name and model on the motherboard, and if it is a card (not built in to the motherboard) the brand and model on the LAN card.

leon · #57 07-01-2010, 11:14 PM

Andrew this is what is stuck to the box that the mother board came with

The Mother board is.

Gigabyte Technology.
K8 Triton Series

AGP8X/DDR400 Mother Board.
Supports AMD Athlon 64 Processor.

Model Name...GA-K8NS
nVIDIA nForce3 250 / ATX
K8 Socket754 / AGP 8x
8-CH Audio / 8USB2.0
3 DDR400 / Lan
Sata / ATA133

Serial Number 0508529203

Hope this helps, this is all written on the box it came in, and thank you so much for your efforts.

Leon

mithrandir (Andrew) · #58 07-01-2010, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leon

Gigabyte Technology.
...
Model Name...GA-K8NS
...
K8 Socket754 / AGP 8x

That's what we need! There are a few revisions of that board. It looks like yours is one of the first two, and they appear to use the same drivers.

Rev1 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1784

Rev 2 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=2275

Ultra939 http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/M...ProductID=1839

There's a link on the right of each page for drivers.

Download at least the NForce3 LAN drivers, and any others for devices for which Windows has used generic drivers.

That should get you running.

leon · #59 08-01-2010, 12:26 AM

Well Guys if it were not for all your help I would not be typing this message on the Desk Top.

I could never have done this with out your help, thank you so much, it is up and running perfectly.

Leon

Octane (Humayun) · #60 08-01-2010, 02:12 AM

Onya, Leon. Glad to see you back and happy.

H