[dezzy]

I'm trying to connect my broadband modem (UK) to my PC, but I can only connect it by USB. When I try it with the ethernet cable provided it doesn't work. I think the problem is with the PC i bought it from someone who completely formatted it... it didn't have the most basic of drivers or software.

When I go to device manager "Ethernet Controller" appears under the "Other Devices" menu ith a yellow question mark.

The status inside says:

"The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver."

But when I go through this process windows can't find any drivers from the net and of course I dont have a CD.

Under the driver tab everything basically says "not available" and there is no driver to roll back to etc.


I got hold of these details from Belarc and the word ethernet doesnt even appear?


Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) RM plc
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.67 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4
8 kilobyte primary memory cache
512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Intel Corporation D845GRG AAA84341-302
Serial Number: AZRG33001059
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Intel Corp. RG84510A.86A.0014.P07.0208231211 08/23/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
80.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
2.46 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

COMBO BCO4016IM [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

Lexmark USB Mass Storage USB Device [Hard drive] -- drive 1
WDC WD800BB-00DKA0 [Hard drive] (80.03 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMAHL2589018, rev 77.07W77, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'J6G1' has 512 MB
Slot 'J6G2' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 10.47 GB 1.11 GB free
d: (NTFS on drive 0) 69.54 GB 1.35 GB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
local user accounts last logon
Administrator 08/01/2009 17:22:05 (admin)
local system accounts
Guest never
HelpAssistant never
SUPPORT_388945a0 never


Marks a disabled account; Marks a locked account None detected
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Intel(R) 82801DB Ultra ATA Storage Controller - 24CB
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 440 (Microsoft Corporation) [Display adapter]
GBM F173 [Monitor] (17.1"vis, June 2003)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller - 24CD
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C2
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C4
Intel(R) 82801DB/DBM USB Universal Host Controller - 24C7 SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Communications Other Devices

USB Cable Modem 351000
primary Auto IP Address: 82.11.234.84 / 22
Gateway: 82.11.232.1
Dhcp Server: 62.252.32.20
Physical Address: 00:0E:9B:EF:8C:31

Networking Dns Servers: 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
HID-compliant device
USB Human Interface Device
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Microsoft PS/2 Mouse
USB Composite Device
USB Mass Storage Device
USB Printing Support
USB Root Hub (4x)