The other day I reset the bios on my Dell Dimension e310 and installed windows 7 on it right after. This computer is mainly just for me to play around on so I've been installing a lot of OSs on it trying to find one I like. After I reset the Bios windows could detect the ethernet connection but couldn't connect. I thought it might have been a compatibility problem between the computer and windows 7 so I went and installed Ubuntu Gnome. Same problem. Could detect but not connect. I've checked in the Bios and the port is enabled so could it be that I lost the drivers when i reset the Bios? I only reset factory settings by clicking the option in the Bios, I didn't take out the cmos battery or jump it. Any help is appreciated!
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Drivers are loaded by the operating system not the BIOS. So you restoring the original settings of the BIOS might have reset a setting that controls the LAN device but has NOTHING to do with the device drivers.– RamhoundCommented Jun 4, 2015 at 19:02
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@Ramhound Thanks for the quick response but what does that mean for me in terms of getting it to work? Before I reset the Bios the port worked in Windows XP.– cam626Commented Jun 4, 2015 at 21:08
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@cam626: Have you installed the Win7 drivers for all your hardware, especially the network adapters?– KaranCommented Jun 5, 2015 at 21:40
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@Karan I tried to install the drivers from here: dell.com/support/home/us/en/dhs/product-support/servicetag/… and i also tried this aswell: downloadcenter.intel.com/download/18713/…. The first one told me that it couldnt install on a 64 bit operating system even though i am using 32 bit windows and the second told me that it couldn't install because there was no network adapter present– cam626Commented Jun 5, 2015 at 22:02
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@cam626: Ensure Windows is up to date. Also, what does device manager show?– KaranCommented Jun 5, 2015 at 22:08
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