Reasons to love windoze (not VW)

1,922 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 30 Oct 2006, 7:37 pm

#550419

so the onboard Ethernet port dies ... I get a new card for $20.00 - figure I'll spend up and get a good one. I install it - wow, nothing...

so I restart, and turn off the onboard in the Bios.

Restart ... nothing.

Restart ... finds it ... can't find a driver.

Insert CD, locate driver ... driver invalid, some 20 foot error code.

...Windows has to close...it's had a fatal error...

Remove and refit board....

Restart

Finds it - this time actually gets the right brand name

Wants to install drivers ... finds them on its own on the CD this time.

Great!.

Restart

Plug in Ethernet cable

Light comes on

No new card in network settings ... but finds it in the System devices ... yellow symbol ... you device is installed but is not working....Error Code - 20 foot number

Do you want to trouble shoot?

Hell yeah!

Chug Chug, gurgle, gurgle for a couple of mins....

Nope, can't find anything to help you ... we recommend you go online and visit Micro$oft online for more help.

--but with no Ethernet working, that is kinda hard ay--

No wonder people love Apple.

Oh, whats that, a fked up PC, let me crap on it...press dump to continue...

Loves a lolcat

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 30 Oct 2006, 8:03 pm

#550436

hehe, been playing with somethign similar today, gotta love it! sorta makes you feel like your playign with a dub at times :p

Reimagined/Recycled/Upcycled Cool

Starbug rustbag

2,408 posts · joined Feb 2003 · 30 Oct 2006, 8:19 pm

#550444

baybuscamperkid wrote:hehe, been playing with somethign similar today, gotta love it! sorta makes you feel like your playign with a dub at times :p

I dont think a dub could EVER be that annoying or incompetent though.

in the beginning, the universe was created.
this made alot of people very angry and is widely regarded as a bad move.

baybuscamperkid prince of insufficient light, ruler of heck

4,316 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Oct 2006, 10:17 am

#550639

Starbug wrote:
baybuscamperkid wrote:hehe, been playing with somethign similar today, gotta love it! sorta makes you feel like your playign with a dub at times :p
I dont think a dub could EVER be that annoying or incompetent though.

I dunno, at times theres equal amounts of logic that go into fixing either.

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lexm Commited Dubber

57 posts · joined Apr 2004 · 31 Oct 2006, 10:53 am

#550651

1. Go into device manager and uninstall original ethernet (if it still shows) and reboot.

2. Check documentation for new card. May need software installed BEFORE installing hardware.

last celtic warrior Wolfsburg Wizard

402 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 31 Oct 2006, 11:37 am

#550660

Wouldn't it be cool if Volkswagen computers exsisted. The older, the better, no reason to upgrade. People would sell off their newer ones when they get the chance to score an older model. Sure it will drip a bit of oil on your desk, but at least the bloody thing would keep going when the going got tough...

Notch Nut Custom Title Time!

1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 · 31 Oct 2006, 8:17 pm

#550872

last celtic warrior wrote:Wouldn't it be cool if Volkswagen computers exsisted. The older, the better, no reason to upgrade. People would sell off their newer ones when they get the chance to score an older model. Sure it will drip a bit of oil on your desk, but at least the bloody thing would keep going when the going got tough...

It would also be so much cooler than any "retro" styled junk they pass off as "oh so retro.." these days!
- Adam

If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....