I need a generic pci netword card driver

[SAWYER]

I ordered a nic off ebay for an older desktop that the onboard nic had died on. The nic came n and I installed it with the driver that came with it and I ended up reinstalling windows vista and I can not find my driver cd. Any suggestions?

 

[PClark99]

see if you can identify the make and number on the main chip on the nic.

Go right to whatever OEM made that chip.

ie, realtek, etc.

 

[Modelworks]

get the pci vendor information from the properties in device manager. A quick search on google for that will tell you who made it and what drivers you need.

 

[Nothinman]

I ordered a nic off ebay for an older desktop that the onboard nic had died on. The nic came n and I installed it with the driver that came with it and I ended up reinstalling windows vista and I can not find my driver cd. Any suggestions?

There's no such thing, you need to know the chipset that the NIC uses.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Device Manager/right-click device/Properties/Detail tab and select the Hardware IDs dropdown. You'll see a series similar to - PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0760&SUBSYS_360A103C&REV_A2.

Go here and plug in the vendor (the first 4 alphanumerics that follow "Ven_") and device number (the first 4 alphanumerics that follow "Dev_") and you should be able to find out the Manufacturer and Model.

 

[Binky]

For a brain dead simple way to do this, drop the NIC into a Win7 machine and see what driver installs automatically. Then use that information to find a driver for your "older desktop."

 

[Emulex]

i have a box of nic's and i usually find the netgear or intel nic's just work. keep them around for those pita restore procedures.

 

[Modelworks]

i have a box of nic's and i usually find the netgear or intel nic's just work. keep them around for those pita restore procedures.

I keep a lot of the 3com 3c905tx nics. Been around for years and seem to work in everything .

 

[Numenorean]

I keep a lot of the 3com 3c905tx nics. Been around for years and seem to work in everything .

Good old 3c905's - they have support in most OS's you would run these days.

Also the Linksys LNE100tx's do as well.

 

[Emulex]

my servers don't have any pci slots. you guys remember the ole faithful DEC 21164 b cards? those things ran on any o/s.

actually the best are simply the defaults for generic o/s in vmware

Lance chipset
e1000
etc.

 

[SAWYER]

I ended up installing this program that gave me a list of all hardware. I googled the name of the nic and after a few links was able to find the driver I needed