
Of course, you must remove all NIC drivers (and maybe reboot) before loading a new NIC driver.Ĭlick to expand.Note the device strings for each of devices you reported earlier. What to do there can be more than just reloading the driver. If hardware works OK, only then move on to another suspect - the NIC driver or something else in Windows. If you have a hardware problem, it will probably appear in the interface between CPU and NIC computer. Then both computers share information - test the interface between NIC computer and the ethernet cable. Works best if the same program executes on another computer with the same NIC interface. Second half is the interface between NIC computer and the world. First is the interface between CPU and the NIC computer. Therefore the diagnostic only tests hardware. That means it has comprehensive hardware diagnostics - including one for the network interface.

Before fixing it, is the problem in hardware or software? Is the driver defective of some response from hardware causing the driver problem? I would really really appreciate it if any of you guys could point me in the right direction as far as fixing this damn thing. Hp Pavilion DV6500, Core 2 Duo T7100 1.8ghz, 2gb ddr2 ram with Vista Home Premium 6.0. I have checked in the drivers folder and they are all there where they should be but no matter what I try I can't get them to work, and I am afraid of deleting them just in case there is something you beautiful TechSpot people could help with I have tryed installing vista SP 1 or 2 (not sure) but it doesn't install fully, it will come up with an error like "Sorry windows could not install this etc" even after it has sat there for half an hour doing apparently nothing at all.

I have no idea where to get these drivers from or how to transfer them over to my laptop. (Note that the WAN Miniports listed are each seperate, I just couldn't be bothered typing them all out on seperate lines.) WAN Miniport (IP, IPv6, L2TP, PPPOE, PPTP, SSTP) (!) Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (!) Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (working, surprisingly)

Under "Network Adapters" in device manager, there is a yellow exclamation mark next to each driver. None of my network drivers are working and I can't connect to the internet.

Once again this is a driver problem, I think. I have searched the internet long and hard for a solution to my problem but I still either haven't been helped or people just don't know how to help me. I'm new here but am a semi-experienced windows/mac user.
