New setup, can't get my network adapter to work...

[Cook1]

Hey guys, just got my new stuff this afternoon, so far everything has gone smoothly expect for this one last thing. I can't connect to the net (I have a DSL). When I go to the device mangler there's the yellow exclamation at my "NVIDIA Nforce Networking Controller #2". It's enabled but says that there aren't any drivers installed. Which is strange in itself because I just got done installing the Mobo chipset drivers which included the networking drivers. So I stick my motherboard driver CD back in and install it again. But it says that there's a problem installing the new hardware, I get this message...

"The name is already in use as either a service name or a service display"

Any ideas what that means? For some reason the 1394 is showing up as my network connection. This is enabled and has the drivers and all that, wondering if that could be interfering with this. I disable that, and then try to install the drivers again and I get the same message.

Any ideas?

 

[bigfatdonny]

Have you tried completely uninstalling that device and reinstalling it? That error message usually has to do with driver names being the same. If you've installed it more than once (sounds like you have) this could be what's happening.

 

[bigfatdonny]

This article has good steps detailing how to make sure the NIC is completely uninstalled.

 

[Android8675]

I don't know about your system, but on my DFI Lanparty with nforce3 250Gb chipset, the NIC doesn't appear under Network connections on Windows XP.

I think this is as designed. I'm sure someone could give you a definative answer in a moment. I got the NIC to work with the latest nForce drivers (it installs a util that lets you setup and configure the NIC via a web page control setup), the NIC doesn't appear like a normal network connector in XP, but seems to function just fine. I later found out that the nForce NIC doesn't like old routers (NIC simply would not get the DHCP signal and the IP never set correctly). My old LinkSys BEFSR41 is due for an update (I guess), so I slapped in an old 3C905B card (3Com 10/100NIC), and disabled the onboard LAN (for now).

Not exactly what I was going for, but until I find some time to futz with it more, I'm OK.

your 1394 firewire does appear under XP as a network connection, but isn't your actual connection.

Good luck getting it all sorted out, maybe the nvidia site has some FAQ that would help?

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