[dps33]

I've just installed xp home and now, when I try to connect to the internet, I get 'windows cannot detect wireless or wired network cards'. I don't have any drivers and I've spent 2 days looking for them to download without success. It's an Emachines E3031 and the motherboard is MS7207 Ver 2.0 K8NGM2-H. Please help, I'm getting very frustrated and my girlfriend is tired of being shouted at.

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The eMachines website does not list the E3031 so the only other option is to get motherboard drivers from the motherboard manufacturer & hope they work.
I suggest you use their "Live Update Online" service on this page: http://eu.msi.com/in...c=downloadindex

However, for desktop computers the driver for the network card is usually not supplied by the motherboard manufacturer since it's usually a separate, removable card made by another company. It's driver is either built in to Windows or you must get it from the network card manufacturer's website.

When I had Windows XP I fitted a new network card and didn't need to install a driver, it was built in to Windows already.

It may be you need to install Service pack 3 (SP3) for XP if you haven't already done so.

Edited by phillipcorcoran, 16 January 2011 - 02:20 PM.

[phillipcorcoran]

The eMachines website does not list the E3031 so the only other option is to get motherboard drivers from the motherboard manufacturer & hope they work.
I suggest you use their "Live Update Online" service on this page: http://eu.msi.com/in...c=downloadindex

However, for desktop computers the driver for the network card is usually not supplied by the motherboard manufacturer since it's usually a separate, removable card made by another company. It's driver is either built in to Windows or you must get it from the network card manufacturer's website.

When I had Windows XP I fitted a new network card and didn't need to install a driver, it was built in to Windows already.

It may be you need to install Service pack 3 (SP3) for XP if you haven't already done so.

Edited by phillipcorcoran, 16 January 2011 - 02:20 PM.

[dps33]

Thank you for the advice. Will try the site out tomorrow.
P.S. SP3 is installed. Thank you again