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Can't connect after fresh install
I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged
recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) |
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Can't connect after fresh install
"Pete N Leanne" wrote in message
... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) Does it work by cable? If not, is the correct network adapter driver installed? |
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it's connected to a cable modem
i've downloaded the drivers (to cdrom w/my vista machine) as per Acer's website, installed with the wizard and still no connection. the only icon in network connections is "1394 Connection 2" (the network adapter) says it's connected and when i attempt a driver install w/device manager, it will not find a suitable driver, selecting from list, as i can't connect to search the web on the xp machine. I've performed this task on desktop units in the past with no probs, so i am quite bamboozled "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) Does it work by cable? If not, is the correct network adapter driver installed? |
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Did you install *all* the drivers from Acer site specific to your model,
specifically chip set? "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... it's connected to a cable modem i've downloaded the drivers (to cdrom w/my vista machine) as per Acer's website, installed with the wizard and still no connection. the only icon in network connections is "1394 Connection 2" (the network adapter) says it's connected and when i attempt a driver install w/device manager, it will not find a suitable driver, selecting from list, as i can't connect to search the web on the xp machine. I've performed this task on desktop units in the past with no probs, so i am quite bamboozled "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) Does it work by cable? If not, is the correct network adapter driver installed? |
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"Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... it's connected to a cable modem i've downloaded the drivers (to cdrom w/my vista machine) as per Acer's website, installed with the wizard and still no connection. the only icon in network connections is "1394 Connection 2" That's the firewire card. If you do not see the NIC listed, you do not have the drivers installed. (the network adapter) says it's connected and when i attempt a driver install w/device manager, it will not find a suitable driver, selecting from list, as i can't connect to search the web on the xp machine. I've performed this task on desktop units in the past with no probs, so i am quite bamboozled use another system and go to the Acer site with the all the details of your system (service tag if it has one). Get the various NIC drivers for that model and try them. Wrong drivers won't install. This is not an unusual problem. HTH -pk "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) Does it work by cable? If not, is the correct network adapter driver installed? |
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I'm assuming they are all the correct drivers, unles Acer is in the habit
of providing bogus driver packages as the one i downloaded was for an Acer Notebook 4000 running xphome "DL" wrote in message ... Did you install *all* the drivers from Acer site specific to your model, specifically chip set? "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... it's connected to a cable modem i've downloaded the drivers (to cdrom w/my vista machine) as per Acer's website, installed with the wizard and still no connection. the only icon in network connections is "1394 Connection 2" (the network adapter) says it's connected and when i attempt a driver install w/device manager, it will not find a suitable driver, selecting from list, as i can't connect to search the web on the xp machine. I've performed this task on desktop units in the past with no probs, so i am quite bamboozled "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) Does it work by cable? If not, is the correct network adapter driver installed? |
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Tried that - no dice (no NIC or ethernet controller listed - unless they're
in the LAN driver folders) maybe uninstall ALL drivers except the 'chipset'? "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... it's connected to a cable modem i've downloaded the drivers (to cdrom w/my vista machine) as per Acer's website, installed with the wizard and still no connection. the only icon in network connections is "1394 Connection 2" That's the firewire card. If you do not see the NIC listed, you do not have the drivers installed. (the network adapter) says it's connected and when i attempt a driver install w/device manager, it will not find a suitable driver, selecting from list, as i can't connect to search the web on the xp machine. I've performed this task on desktop units in the past with no probs, so i am quite bamboozled use another system and go to the Acer site with the all the details of your system (service tag if it has one). Get the various NIC drivers for that model and try them. Wrong drivers won't install. This is not an unusual problem. HTH -pk "Patrick Keenan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) Does it work by cable? If not, is the correct network adapter driver installed? |
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"Pete N Leanne" wrote in message
... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) I can't tell from this thread what you've attempted but I'll pass along what I'd do if I was confronting this issue. I can't guarantee it will work but seeing as how you're still working on this problem 24 hours after installing XP it may be worth a shot. First, go to Acer's web site http://support.acer.com/drivers_download.aspx. Follow the prompts until you arrive at the listing of drivers available for your laptop. Download the Lan driver. You should end up downloading a zip file named Lan_Broadcom_7.97.0.0_XPX86.zip. Extract the driver files from the zip file to a handy location. There'll be three files, b57win32.cat, b57win32.inf, and b57xp32.sys. You've got a couple of options as to how you proceed from here. You could go to Control Panel and run the Add Hardware wizard. Me personally, I prefer to work through Device Manager, Start - Run - devmgmt.msc. Hopefully you'll find an entry with a exclamation point next to it. Odds are it's your network adapter. Right click on it and select Update Driver from the menu. In the Update Hardware Wizard, pass on searching online for a driver. You want to point the wizard to the files you downloaded. Make the appropriate choices and you should end up being able to hit the Have Disk button and selecting the .inf file for your Ethernet card. If you tried the Device Manager route and there aren't any items listed with exclamation points then you'll have to try using the Add Hardware wizard. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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That is the site i downloaded the drivers from, for the specific
make/model,etc, but there is NO network controller (ethernet controller) drivers anywhere aon the acer site, this is why i'm posting to the group. all that's left with the infamous yellow? are as follows; ?Mass Storage Controller ?Network Controller ?PCI Modem any assistance is greatly appreciated "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) I can't tell from this thread what you've attempted but I'll pass along what I'd do if I was confronting this issue. I can't guarantee it will work but seeing as how you're still working on this problem 24 hours after installing XP it may be worth a shot. First, go to Acer's web site http://support.acer.com/drivers_download.aspx. Follow the prompts until you arrive at the listing of drivers available for your laptop. Download the Lan driver. You should end up downloading a zip file named Lan_Broadcom_7.97.0.0_XPX86.zip. Extract the driver files from the zip file to a handy location. There'll be three files, b57win32.cat, b57win32.inf, and b57xp32.sys. You've got a couple of options as to how you proceed from here. You could go to Control Panel and run the Add Hardware wizard. Me personally, I prefer to work through Device Manager, Start - Run - devmgmt.msc. Hopefully you'll find an entry with a exclamation point next to it. Odds are it's your network adapter. Right click on it and select Update Driver from the menu. In the Update Hardware Wizard, pass on searching online for a driver. You want to point the wizard to the files you downloaded. Make the appropriate choices and you should end up being able to hit the Have Disk button and selecting the .inf file for your Ethernet card. If you tried the Device Manager route and there aren't any items listed with exclamation points then you'll have to try using the Add Hardware wizard. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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On that site I clicked on Notebook - Ferrari - Ferrari 4000 and ended up
with a long list of drivers for your laptop. Here's the one listed under the LAN category. http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...&Step3=Ferrari 4000&OS=X01&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 That should be the one for your Network Controller. You might also want to download the Chipset and Modem drivers to get rid of those other question marks. Chipset driver. http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...tep3=Ferr ari 4000&OS=X01&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 There are two modems listed on that web site. The driver for your modem should be one of these. http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...&Step3=Ferrari 4000&OS=X01&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 http://global-download.acer.com/GDFi...&Step3=Ferrari 4000&OS=X01&LC=en&BC=Acer&SC=PA_7 Good luck Nepatsfan "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... That is the site i downloaded the drivers from, for the specific make/model,etc, but there is NO network controller (ethernet controller) drivers anywhere aon the acer site, this is why i'm posting to the group. all that's left with the infamous yellow? are as follows; ?Mass Storage Controller ?Network Controller ?PCI Modem any assistance is greatly appreciated "Nepatsfan" wrote in message ... "Pete N Leanne" wrote in message ... I just performed a fresh install of xp on an Acer Notebook 4000 (damaged recovery partition). All seemed well until attempting to connect to the internet. Error message says it cannot obtain TCP/IP settings. I've tried disabling/enabling; uninstalling/reinstalling ethernet controller etc w/devmgr to no avail. Anybody know how to overcome this annoyance? (currently running on my desktop - vista) I can't tell from this thread what you've attempted but I'll pass along what I'd do if I was confronting this issue. I can't guarantee it will work but seeing as how you're still working on this problem 24 hours after installing XP it may be worth a shot. First, go to Acer's web site http://support.acer.com/drivers_download.aspx. Follow the prompts until you arrive at the listing of drivers available for your laptop. Download the Lan driver. You should end up downloading a zip file named Lan_Broadcom_7.97.0.0_XPX86.zip. Extract the driver files from the zip file to a handy location. There'll be three files, b57win32.cat, b57win32.inf, and b57xp32.sys. You've got a couple of options as to how you proceed from here. You could go to Control Panel and run the Add Hardware wizard. Me personally, I prefer to work through Device Manager, Start - Run - devmgmt.msc. Hopefully you'll find an entry with a exclamation point next to it. Odds are it's your network adapter. Right click on it and select Update Driver from the menu. In the Update Hardware Wizard, pass on searching online for a driver. You want to point the wizard to the files you downloaded. Make the appropriate choices and you should end up being able to hit the Have Disk button and selecting the .inf file for your Ethernet card. If you tried the Device Manager route and there aren't any items listed with exclamation points then you'll have to try using the Add Hardware wizard. Good luck Nepatsfan |
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