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!
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!
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
