PCI simple communications controller problem  

Ok try going to the "network" downloads and download the atheros driver which is for wireless networking :)

andypoole163 said:

how will installing this fix my internet problem?

the computer needs to be able to connect to the internet somehow , to do this ,manufacturers design a piece of hardware known as a device card which in turn needs a driver to make it work correctly the device must use the correct driver or it will not know how to connect to the internet :)

andypoole163 said:

ok which driver do i uninstall to replace with the downloaded one?

At this point in time , I personnally would just download the required driver , get the internet working again then worry about uninstalling the rogue driver later :)

I will be back in 10 mins , got to sort the dogs out

andypoole163 said:

the driver was not installed properly due to the lack of the PCI driver

OK Andy , when you reinstalled windows the OS may not have installed the chipset drivers for the motherboard correctly , download and reinstall the chipset drivers from Dells website