Willy Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Hay all, Well have new pc. Got it all built, had a slight problem with shorting the board but thats been fixed. So I install an OLD Windows Xp version, liturally no service pack 1 no service pack 2 and probaly no updates at all. Never used this before to let you know. I start up windows all seems fine (scared from shorting the board), I install my mother board driver, appears to work fine, install graphics card driver, works fine, installed my wireless card driver, has installed but dosnt register my card, nothing at all, not even the little netowork icon's in the taskbar let alone in network connections. So I cant connect to the internet wirelessly (sp?). So I take the pc downstairs and attempt to "plug" it directly into the broardband connection, through a wireless modem. This does not work either. Not even an icon in the taskbar or network connections. So whats wrong?Ive tryed downloading Service pack 1, from my laptop and transferring it to a cd. For some reason microsoft website wouldnt let me do this, so tryed downloading from an alternative source. Did so, tryed to install but when I load that it try's to download files from the internet. Dosnt help (Have Service pack 2 downloading now). Would not having these be my problem and/or do you need both service packs or is Service pack 1 included in Service pack 2? Any idea's guy's as im stuck. Cheers all Willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 im pretty sure SP2 will include all updates from SP1 and between so you should be ok on that front. the hardware....when you say you shorted your mobo what exactly do you mean ?did you get a replacement ? was the wireless card in the board when whatever went wrong happened? - it could be fried too it might be worth putting the wireless card into a different slot - I've had a PCI slot blow when my soundcard fell out (it literally just fell out while i was using the machine) but the card still worked when i put it in a different hole.I'd advise against trying the card in another machine on the offchance that it's blown and it kills the other machine (the damage will already be done to your current motherboard if its going to happen so no point worrying there) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Posted January 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 (edited) I had two "replaceable" screw in pins left in on the case at the back of the mother board. So when I turned on the board the mobo was being short circuted. Removed the pins at the back and now all "appears" to be fine. The wireless card was inserted at the time yes. Will try changing slots tommorow, to tired/cant be arsed now. Am willing to test anything to get this f**king thing fixed... Cheers for the info poo will give it all a gander.Willy Edited January 10, 2007 by Willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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