Dead ethernet adapter?


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need some help guys. my comp was working fine last night, never had any problems. turn it off at night, turn it back on in the morning, and it says "found new hardware: ethernet adapter". well i didn't install any new hardware. so i cancel, go to hardware manager, uninstall the "unknown" device, and uninstall the original drivers (which now had a question mark, with the error "device unable to start"). i reboot, and the same thing happens again. then i poweroff, take out the card, boot, and nothing tries to load, so i know the "new" adapter is somehow coming from the current adapter. then i put it back in, and now xp won't detect any new hardware. anybody have any ideas as to what could be wrong? i'm gonna try swapping cards when i get off of work.

thanks.

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hey, i tried that. no luck though. i had a second card, and when i swapped it in, it worked fine. so i'm pretty sure the first card is messed up :/

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here's what it was trying to do last:

it would install the correct drivers, and then try to install drivers for a "ethernet controller". there are no drivers for "ethernet controllers". the correct drivers for the correct product get installed automatically by xp. so i don't know whats wrong, i called tech support and got an rma.

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