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Generic network card drivers
Name: chubz5000 Date: April 14, 2007 at 10:37:50 Pacific OS: win98se CPU/Ram: celeron 600mhz 256 mb ram Product: gateway
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restoring one of my old computers back to good old fashoned windows 98, i found every single driver i needed, exept for my generic chinese network card i paid like 3 dollars for, it worked fine under windows xp, but 98 does recognise it, theres no model number or anything on it, Is there a driver for a generic network card for windows 98 as there is in xp?
Name: Tubesandwires Date: April 14, 2007 at 11:22:58 Pacific
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"Is there a driver for a generic network card for windows 98 as there is in xp?"
Obviously not or Win 98SE would have installed it. Is it an ISA or a PCI card, or is it a tiny proprietary card that installs in a special short AMR slot, or is it a tiny proprietary card that installs on a proprietary header? Does it have a FCC ID number on it? Can you make out the chip make and/or model numbers?
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Response Number 2
Name: orbital Date: April 14, 2007 at 13:15:44 Pacific
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"Is there a driver for a generic network card for windows 98 as there is in xp?"
XP does not have generic drivers, so why should W98SE. The NIC has a main CHIP usually Realtek or Intel, if not use the DOS version of HWINFO:
Summary: hi, i have an old network card (NE2000 compatible) which i have installed in my PC. it is recognised by windows, it has a valid MAC address, but i cannot connect to the network. all other components (...
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