Ethernet Cable not Working

[bananaman751]

Hi, i just formatted my hard drive to get rid of vista and to install XP and that went ok. But im having trouble connecting my pc to my router using my ethernet cable. Before when i had vista i just plugged it in and straight away it found the router and i could go on the net But now nothing will come up. I'm currently using a bluetooth usb to conncet to the internet but that is only 54 Mbps and is terrible when i'm trying to do online gaming. I've also tried using a different ethernet cable but that did not work either. So i have absolutely no idea on what to do.
Anyone have any suggestions?
i am running AVG anti virus 7.5, and the anti spyware,and the main windows firewall.
PC:
System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) HP-Pavilion RT587AA-ABU t3719.uk
System Serial Number: CZX710P734
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
2.00 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core
256 kilobyte primary memory cache
1024 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ASUSTek Computer INC. NODUSM3 1.05
Serial Number: MS1C6CS30601615
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 5.04 12/15/2006
Drives Memory Modules c,d
160.03 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
96.49 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Slot 'A2' is Empty
Slot 'A3' is Empty

[Monty007]

Have you reinstalled all your drivers? Have a look in device manager to see if there is a problem.

[bananaman751]

what drivers are the ones i have to download? are they ones for the router or something? sorry but i am new to pc's and still learning

[Monty007]

I dont know were to go from here as HP only has drivers for Vista not XP and they will not give you support for XP. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/s...93 3&lang=en&