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| Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 6 posts | ethernet port dead after full windows 7 install On a Dell desktop with pre-installed Windows 7, due to a bad HD, I bought and installed a full retail version of Windows 7. Now the ethernet port is dead. Any advice on how to introduce the operating system and the ethernet port? Many thanks - Tim |
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| Win 8 Release candidate 8400 2,141 posts | Have you gone to support.dell.com and downloaded the most recent lan driver? |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 100 posts Canberra, Australia | Yes, that's where I'd start..... |
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| x64 Windows 7 Home 48 posts Portland, Oregon | They are right, I had just ran a fresh install of windows on my laptop last night the ethernet port didnt work so I just downloaded the drivers to a USB thumb drive and installed them didnt have any issues from there. Hope it helps? If not let us know? |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 6 posts | Good information - thanks for the replies. I'm getting an error though when downloading the files: Dell Driver Download Manager: Server unavailable, please try again later. Any ideas? |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 2,931 posts | Don't use the download manager - just download each file separately. |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit 6 posts | Beautiful, the port works now. Nice to not have to use wireless two feet away. Many thanks to all for your guidance! |
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| Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) 8,576 posts SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! | You might want to run Windows Update several times to make sure it gets all the latest updates  |
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| x64 Windows 7 Home 48 posts Portland, Oregon | 
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown  You might want to run Windows Update several times to make sure it gets all the latest updates ^^^ Make sure you update windows like he had mentioned. I had to install 90 updates after a fresh install of windows on my laptop. Glad everything worked out for you mate. Thanks for the update. |
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