Computer doesnt recognize devices

Beginner-Gamer · Apr 23, 2014

I had to reinstall my win 7 OS and now it's not recognizing either of my internet devices, the ethernet or the wireless, I know they work because ive had this computer for years. It places both underneath the "other devices" tab in the device manager. I would just download the drivers but I dont know what the devices are so I'm unable to do so.

i7Baby · Apr 23, 2014

I gather you're talking about the motherboard's built-in ethernet controller.
You should find it on Device Manager, then click Update Driver. Sometimes it's in Other Devices. With mine, its in Network Adapters.

SchizTech · Apr 23, 2014

What is the make and model of your motherboard (or PC if it's a store-bought system)?

Beginner-Gamer · Apr 23, 2014

Its a Dell Inspiron N7010 but its "refurbished" and I cant update the drivers because I cant connect to the internet, and I dont know what my devices are so I cant download them on a seperate computer either.

SchizTech · Apr 23, 2014

Well if you have another PC to get online with you can go to dell.com with that and use that to d/l the drivers needed, then copy the downloaded files to a flash drive

http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/product-support/product/inspiron-17-n7010/drivers

Beginner-Gamer · Apr 23, 2014

Also, my linux OS is having no problem detecting the controllers because im using it now, could it possibly be a problem caused by having 2 OS's?

SchizTech · Apr 23, 2014

No, the drivers for Windows and Linux are separate. The two OSes run on different partitions and their respective system files don't interact in any way. The problem is just that you need to install the Windows drivers.

So modify my above instructions in this way: use the working Linux side to d/l the drivers from the link (there will probably be a bunch of wireless drivers there, so try them all until you find the right one) and use a flash drive to copy them to Windows. You could also mount the Windows partition within linux and copy the Windows driver files with the file manager there.

i7Baby · Apr 23, 2014

Use Linux then. Put another card that works in your pc. Get a mate to download the driver and copy it onto your pc then run it under Windows.

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