[ginnyjoe]

My neighbors son has an e machine. It is one year old and the hard drive died. I put in a new hard drive and installed windows vista. Now he can't get on the internet. When I check to see what he has it is a realtek RTL8101. I am trying to find the drivers for it. I went to the realtek site but no luck. Can anyone help me with this.
Thanks
ginnyjoe

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What kind of disk did you use to install Vista? Did you install chipset driver?

[Broni]

What kind of disk did you use to install Vista? Did you install chipset driver?

[ginnyjoe]

I used the Vista Disk. I thought the drivers would be in that when installed. Should I put the disk back in and do a reinstall.

[Broni]

If it was real MS Vista DVD (not some recovery DVD), it'll include most drivers, but not all.

What's the eMachine model?

[ginnyjoe]

If it was real MS Vista DVD (not some recovery DVD), it'll include most drivers, but not all.

What's the eMachine model?

[ginnyjoe]

It is a real MS Vista DVD not a recovery. I will have to check and see what model it is. It had Windows XP when it was purchased but they never got a disk with it. I will get the model as soon as I see them tomorrow.

[Broni]

Fine
I hope, that computer is Vista compatible....

[ginnyjoe]

The model is EL1600-01H. I have been reading up on it and from what I can see it is Vista compatible. Everything else on it works fine.I am going to search some more for the drivers but any help would definetly be appreciated.
Thanks
ginnyjoe

[Broni]

Go here: http://www.emachines...rt/drivers.html
Then Desktop>EL Series>EL1600, select your Vista version from "Operating system" drop-down menu.
Download and install chipset driver.
LAN driver is there as well.

[ginnyjoe]

That is what I did and it is working perfectly. Thank you so much for your help. What a great site.

[Broni]

Glad to see you fixed up