Question mark in Device Manager on Ethernet Controller. [Archive]

gavrrr

12-01-2002, 06:55 PM

I'm in Australia running win2000 Pro. After installing a Netgear FA311 Fast Ethernet PCI adapter card I am getting a question mark on Ethernet Controller in Device manager with a code 1 error saying the device is not configured. The Ethernet controller in device manager is listed under "other devices". I have an exclamation mark with a code 10 error over the FA311 fast ethernet PCI adapter in device manager with a code 10 error saying 'device cannot start'. The FA311 fast ethernet PCI adapter is listed under Network Adapters in device manager. Is there some setting in Win2000 that is causing this or what else is causing this problem please. I have tried 2 different NETGEAR cards with the same results & I have also tried another manufacturers card with same results. The problem lies with Win 2000 related to the ethernet cotroller I believe. I have tried re-loading the drivers, removing the card & all sorts of things. Nothing has worked.
Thanks for any help.

Gavrrr, Australia.

gavrrr

12-07-2002, 01:29 AM

Thanks for your reply Dan, But I have the prblem on a desk top. But I fixed it as follows.

After struggling and reloading the drivers a thousand times to try to get my PC running Win2000 to install a simple Netgear Ethernet Card I did what every Windows machine needs to really get it going.
FORMAT C:
There are times when Windows just won't do what it's supposed to and unless you're a guru or you can find a quick fix for your problem, stop wasting your time, save what data you need to save a blow Windows to hell & back!
Reloading Windows fixes stuff, sure, but you still need to reload most of your programs to get them working. And you'll still probably have a heap of rubbish on your C drive taking up space & choking your machine anyhow. You'll probably also run a defrag which takes hours in these days of multi Gig sized HDD's. So you might as well blow the lot away & start afresh. Then load the programs you actually use. Your machine will run faster and annihilating Windows is very satisfying after spending hours trying to fix a problem you just can't fix. Half the time the Pro's just reload Windows to fix time consuming problems so you might as well learn how to do it and get out the big F command from the good old DOS prompt.
Back up your mail addresses, messages, My Documents, Favorites & all the data and file pictures etc you want to keep to either another drive if you're partitioned or burn it to a CD. Have another look to make sure you've got all your data, reboot your machine with start up disks you created when you installed Windows, type in format c: from the DOS prompt, confirm yes, kill everything on c drive and bam. C drive will be wiped clean in about 10 minutes flat.
C drive will now be as clean as it will ever be, install Windows using customised installation & install what you want to include in your intallation. By now you know more about computers from what you used to so you'll know what you actually want to include in your Windows installation. Leave out the rubbish you don't use.
Personally I load most of my programs on D drive to keep my C drive as uncluttered as I can so it gets fragmented less so a defrag will take less time. Some programs don't like being loaded anywhere but C drive though.
Format C: isn't as scary as you may think & it's better than spending hours scouring the web looking for a fix that just isn't there. After formatting my C drive & installing Windows, which took less that an hour all up, the Ethernet card that had been giving me so much trouble to install loaded itself up in about 4 seconds.
Format C: sure does fix all ills.