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More Problems
I have a HP 8695C Pavilion on my lan, and recently I've had problems as far as not being able to access files or get to the shard printer. Today I decided to work on this problem. I went into my network connections and deleted all my adapters, netbui protocols, and TCP/IP. There was nothing left. I restarted the Machine, and it saidd it found new devices, but I didn't have driver disks for them so I just canceled out of that. I went to the HP website but all they have is a Keboard driver.
I put My TCP/IP, netbui, protocols back on the machine, and my Network, and dial up adapter are installed. I went into Device Mangager, and it showed my network adapters being fine. However whenever I go to my network config, it says my network is not complete, but everything seems installed right. This computer connects to my router so All I need is the NIC working.
Also when I type ipconfig at the command prompt it says IP configuration failed to initialize.
btw: the OS is Win 98SE
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hey cheyenne1212,
when you see that error message, one of two things is happening..
Either your NIC card drivers are not properly installed and or you do have TCP/IP installed.
Just make sure when you go to device manager that your NIC did not install as an unknown device previously (might have happened initially when you hit cancel) .If it did remove it (the unknown device) and then reinstalll drivers.. I experienced similiar problems in the past..
Cheers.
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No it is not installed as a unknown device, its installed as HP EN7xxx Fast Ethernet.
I do Have TCP/IP installed.
I'll see if I can't find the drivers for the card thoug. maybe that will fix it.
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hav you tryed updating the drivers from the internet??
if all else fails is there a hammer about?
Nightfalls_Girl
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I tried the HP website but thats pretty much hopeless.
Worse comes to Worse I yank ou the HP NIC and pay 15 dollars for a new one.
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In the device manager what are the properties of the card, who supplied the driver? is it a HP, Microsoft or a third party.
If its microsoft the card is supported by the OS. Uninstall the driver, you should then be able to reinstall from the 98 install disk.
Check the card to see if it is HP who manufactured it looking at HP's sight it looks like they supply third party Nic's. They have got nic drivers posted, try this link not sure if it will work or if its any use to you though. http://h20004.www2.hp.com/soar_rnote...2477en_US.html
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The Device Manager says its a HP Fast Ethernet NIC.
I'll try deleting it from the device manager though and reinstalling that way.
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Tigerdirect is giving away NIC cards (after rebate). I wouldn't hesitate dumping your current NIC.
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A couple of questions. You said you have a 8695C Pavilion . HP lists the 8695 Pavilion as a UK version. The 8693C Pavilion is a US version. Is that right ?
The 8695 is an AMD Athlon 750 MHz processor, no nic.
The 8693c is a 533 MHz Intel Celeron processor, HP 10/100 BaseT LAN Adapter (Ethernet)
Second, do you have the recovery disks? If so, maybe this could help
HP Pavilion Desktop PCs - Restoring Original Drivers and Software
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Hi Cheyenne,
I had some TCP/IP related problems a little while back.
Please check out this article, it may help you confirm that it is the Nic card and not TCP/Ip setup that is the problem?
http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/ps...cp-ip.psc.html
Cheers
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That is what we used to do at ELNK comms remove all those files *.386 and the tcp/ip. then reinstall. It was called the old NUKE AND PAVE was a bitch to do with an old lady on the phone but unless winsocks were messed up this would be the last resort fix and would do it for the night. Ex- ELNK tech support haha.
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Iknownot, it is a 8695c witha AMD 850mhz processor. This was a refurbished computer so maybe somehow this comp was in the U.k but sold it over here after someone had some problems.
I'll give that link a shot later on today nihil when I back at the computer.
Thanks for the help guys.
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hey Cheyenne,
Are you sure you dont have any unknown devices installed..When you go to device manager, in addtition to seeing the correct NIC driver installed as you stated, do you also see an unknow device installed (possibly something saying along the lines as "Ethernet Controller" with a ? after it)
Cause if you initially hit cancel when your PC detects the NIC and then install the driver successfully the 2nd time, your PC will ignore to install the driver you successfully installed the 2nd time and default to the unknown that was cancelled the first..
(look for any unknown devices installed w/a "?" next to them and remove them)
I've experienced this alot...
cheers
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yeah I've had problems like that alot to, but there is no problems deteccted in the device maganger. No Escalmation points no question marks. Everything shows up as fine.
I'm going to work on it right now though. I'll let you know what happens
Ok got it fixed now.
I had to go and delete the Network Adapaters from the Device manager then the automatically reinstalled on the next reboot. Now I'm getting a IP fromt the DHCP server.
So its working now.
Thanks guys.
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oh... :(
so it didnt involve a hammer??
:'(
Nightfalls_Girl
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lol.
No just involved five minutes of mouse clicking. Nothing more nothing less.
I save the hammer for extreme situations. This was just minor. lol
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ohhh ok...
Maybe next time :D
Nightfalls_Girl
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A simple suggestion from a simple mind....re-run the network setup wizard on the machine in question....I'd venture to guess that since you uninstalled everything that this may be the mising link....
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Its all working now, but what I did was uninstall the adapters from the Device manager. When I did that, that also deleted everything for in network connections. I rebooted, and windows automaticalls reinstalled everything fine. I set my NIC to obtain a IP from my router and every thing works now.
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*a note for future problems*
Insted of going to Device Manager to see if there are any probs with a device, go to your system information and look under menu's such as Conflicts and Sharing, Problem Devices etc.
Any thing in blue has a problem with it, however unlike device manager whereby you just get a yellow question mark and an extremely brief explanation such as, There is a problem with this device, in Sys Info it normaly gives you a description of the fault and sometimes even a way to rectify it, I find the Sys Info in WIN 98SE more helpful than XP tho!
