Installed 7 from XP now Internet not working..

[Rich90]

Hi guys..

I've installed 7 successfully on my macbook pro, now i have tried on my pc (tiny), and it won't connect to the internet. I have a screen shot of the drivers needed, I don't know much about the computer except:

Processor: AMD athlon 64 processor 3700+. 2.39 GHz
Ram: 1GB
and its running windows 7 build 7000 32 bit

As I can't connect to the internet i have no idea how to get the drivers ..

any help greatly appreciated

 

[andythecurefan]

any way you could get us a make/model for the computer?

 

[Rich90]

Its A TINY computer its.. been discontinued now (the company went bust) the model is.. 80162TLF04T8 i think... but it does not have an evident model number

 

[andythecurefan]

Oh! That's what you meant by Tiny. I will look into it but I'm sure it will help others help you by supplying that bit of info.

 

[Rich90]

Thanks your a good man !

 

[error]

you're gonna have to find out what motherboard is in that thing...I can't remember if tiny made their own or used 'off the shelf'...all I remember is they were cheap..and for a reason
does the cat5 (internet) cable connect to the motherboard itself, or a seperate card in the PC?

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi guys..

I've installed 7 successfully on my macbook pro, now i have tried on my pc (tiny), and it won't connect to the internet. I have a screen shot of the drivers needed, I don't know much about the computer except:

Processor: AMD athlon 64 processor 3700+. 2.39 GHz
Ram: 1GB
and its running windows 7 build 7000 32 bit

As I can't connect to the internet i have no idea how to get the drivers ..

any help greatly appreciated

I've had the same issue with my laptop. When installing build 7000, 7022, 7048 & 7057 it was not detecting my RaLink wireless adaptor. Build 7068 however, detected before even installing the desktop.

It might be a bit tiresome for you you could try 1 of 2 things;

1, Install the drivers with compatability for XP or Vista (if you haven't tried already).
2, Install the latest build 7068 which solved my issue instantly.

Hopefully 1 of these might help

UPDATE: Sorry, just saw about the 'Can't get drivers' have you tried a friend who could download for you?

 

[Rich90]

Humm.. i dunno what the motherboard is on it..
i'll try and download the latest build, where can i get that from ?

Cheers

 

[Orbital Shark]

Humm.. i dunno what the motherboard is on it..
i'll try and download the latest build, where can i get that from ?

Cheers

You'll have to search torrent sites for a build (7068). You can get both x86 (32bit) & x64 (64bit) depending on what's needed.

NOTE: Always look for the torrent with the most posted comments, this will indicate validity of the download.

 

[Rich90]

ahh right i see... what can x64 do that x86 cannot ?

 

[Chappy]

ahh right i see... what can x64 do that x86 cannot ?

Well first your hardware needs to be 64bit capable, and with the limited knowledge we have on this Tiny thing (never heard of them), that could be a bit of a problem.
If they were a cheapy kinda deal, I would suspect that the hardware is not 64bit capable but you never know.

About the differences, 64bit can address ultra-gigs of RAM where 32bit can only address 3.3G's. Also programs that are written to take advantage of the 64bit system will run way faster than a 32bit counterpart. 32bit programs run on 64bit but not any faster than a 32bit system, but 64bit is the way of the very near future.
Of course the 32 vs 64bit comparison is allot more complicated than I said here and it's far more than just able to use more RAM and some programs working faster, but that's neither here nor there if your system isn't 64bit capable.

 

[johngalt]

Chappy -

Processor: AMD athlon 64 processor 3700+. 2.39 GHz
Ram: 1GB
and its running windows 7 build 7000 32 bit

If it is a Athlon 64 processor, can that be run in boards that are only 32bit? If not, then heshould *theoretically* be able to install 64bit....

There are drawbacks as well as advantages to 64bit processing....

64bit processing will take more RAM up on average than it's 32bit coutnerpart - but 64bit processing can *address* more RAM as well.

32bit processing is limited to a 4GB (2 to the power 32, aka 2^23) bits of addressing - that is 4 GB. 64bit is not *double* that - it is 4 GB * 4 GB (2 to the power 64, or 2^64, or 2^(32*2) or 2^32 * 2^32 which is 16 TB....

Since you only have 1 GB on the TINY anyway, stick to 32bit....

 

[Rich90]

ahh okay... I was thinking about 64 bit for my macbook pro you see ... , The tiny is a pretty incapable machine, I downloaded 7068 and updated on my macbook pro and it still says build 7000 in the bottom corner .. any idea why ? unless its a bogus torrent i got it from ..

 

[Orbital Shark]

ahh okay... I was thinking about 64 bit for my macbook pro you see ... , The tiny is a pretty incapable machine, I downloaded 7068 and updated on my macbook pro and it still says build 7000 in the bottom corner .. any idea why ? unless its a bogus torrent i got it from ..

It seems like it's a bogus torrent which, is very unfortunate what with the time it may have taken you to download. Any TRUE installation of Windows 7 will have the correct build number in the bottom right.

 

[torrentg]

Type winver in the start menu search box. What does it say?