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August 31st, 2007
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| Muse is Music  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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|  Help with free laptop, LOL OK so I got a free laptop. One problem. It has WinXP SP1. When I try to connect to the internet, it doesn't detect a connection. Does this have anything to do wit only having SP1 installed? Is there a fix?  Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II |
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August 31st, 2007
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| ako the pinoy  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach
Posts: 1,694
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL did you try using different CAT cables or diff router slot??? how bout checking if LAN connection activated or in disbale mode??? or how about a painstaking Reformat and Fresh install, this usually do the trick in revitalizing old Lappy...  or Buy a WinXP Student Copy Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit |
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August 31st, 2007
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| Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,239
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL It is a fresh install. How do you check if LAN is enabled/disabled? Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II |
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August 31st, 2007
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| ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach
Posts: 1,694
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL START>CONTROL PANEL> NETWORK CONNECTION Lan Icon must not have a big red X on it... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit |
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August 31st, 2007
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| Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,239
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL Quote:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II | |
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August 31st, 2007
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| Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,239
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL I says: 1394 connection: enabled But the internet still doesn't work. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II |
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August 31st, 2007
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| ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach
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| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL you need to get LAN Driver installed... right Click MYCOMPUTER > Click Manage > click Device Manager there you will find how many drivers you haven't installed... What is your Gateway Laptop Model and SPecs, i'll try to local drivers for you... Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit |
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August 31st, 2007
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| Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,239
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL But how to I install the driver without internet connection? It would be a Gateway 450 notebook. Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL + Thermalright HR-05 IFX 2GB G.Skill 800MHz F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB Silverstone Decathlon 650W Western Digital 250GB SATA II Last edited by Yellowhello; August 31st, 2007 at 17:41. |
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August 31st, 2007
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| ako the pinoy Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: by the beach
Posts: 1,694
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL go to another computer, check your specs for your Lappy... then burn it to a CD... then there you go Install Away... PS : USB Flash Drive also works Abit IP35-E C2D E6750 G0 @ 2.66ghz [TR Ultra120EX] EVAG 8800GTS [TR HR03] Corsair [2gbDual@800] 820GB HDD[120/200/500] Antec TP 550W Silverstone Temjin 09 Saitek Eclipse1 & Razer DeathAdder Windows Vista Ultimate 32bit |
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August 31st, 2007
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| Muse is Music Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
Posts: 4,239
| Re: Help with free laptop, LOL Quote:
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