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Win7 drivers on a Dell Dimension 5000
Hi there,
I recently bought Windows 7 as a christmas present to my parents so that they could upgrade their Dell Dimension 5000 to run Windows 7.
Original operating system was Windows XP.
I copied all files etc to an external harddrive and then I did a clean install of Win7.
Everything worked perfectly except for that Windows couldnt recognize the ethernet card and sound.
Because of that I couldnt connect to the internet so I took my laptop and began searching for drivers that would work for this system and Win7.
I started with Dells "Support and Drivers" section but they didnt have any drivers at all for Dimension 5000 that would work with Win7 - only for XP.
The only thing I found on Dells support section was a brief comment about this system:
Dell DOES NOT support Vista or Windows 7 on this model and you need, at a minimum, Vista drivers for the hardware devices (and you need Dell specific drivers for the sound). The 5000 was not a good candidate for upgrading to Win 7.
Try posting on the Windows 7 forum, maybe someone there will have something that will work, about your only hope.
And therefore I started an account here to see if someone have any suggestions.
This is the drivers needed: Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller
Is it hopeless to try and find drivers or do I have to buy a new network card?
I also tried installing XP drivers with the compatibility mode for Windows XP but didnt work.
Right now it feels like I wasted money for buying Win7 to this computer eventhough it got a lot faster with Win7 compared when Xp was installed. But without Internet Connection there is no point in having Win7 installed.
Woud be absolutely grateful for any suggestions!
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