no internet connection after fresh install from xp reinstallation cd

I have performed a fresh install on my old dell latitude d600 using a
reinstall XP CD (which came with my new dell latitude d620) back to
factory settings. Now I am unable to connect to the internet. Try to
bring up IE and get the page not found message.
After I did the clean install, I did not also install all the drivers
for my hardware? - why? - because I don't know which ones to install.
I can see drivers available for my laptop at Dell Support site but
don't know which ones I need to load.
Reading other threads on MS forums, to find out what hardware is on my
computer, I downloaded, installed and ran the free Belarc Advisor -
but was not sure what I was looking at in the report?. I could't see
anything in there under 'hardware'.
So I tried to find out by opening Device Manager, and under 'Other
Devices' there are 6 entries (with yellow ?
and ! marks against them):
Ethernet Controller
Multimedia Audio Control
Network Controller
O2Micro SmartCardBus_Reader
PCI Modem
Video Controller (VGA Compatible).
Then, when I right-click properties on any one of them, e.g.
'Ethernet
Controller', I get the following information under the 'General' tab:
Device type: Other devices
Manufacturer: Unknown.
There is also other information under the 'Details' tab, such as
'Device Instance ID'.
QUESTION: how do I find out, from this info, or the Balarc Advisor
report, what drivers are required, in order that I may download them
from dell support?
Also, I don't have any original Inspiron utility CDrom for either Dell
laptop.
HELP! - Many thanks in advance.

<jodrisco.uk@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1176881113.864704.325450@d57g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
>I have performed a fresh install on my old dell latitude d600 using a
> reinstall XP CD (which came with my new dell latitude d620) back to
> factory settings. Now I am unable to connect to the internet. Try to
> bring up IE and get the page not found message.
> After I did the clean install, I did not also install all the drivers
> for my hardware? - why? - because I don't know which ones to install.
> I can see drivers available for my laptop at Dell Support site but
> don't know which ones I need to load.
> Reading other threads on MS forums, to find out what hardware is on my
> computer, I downloaded, installed and ran the free Belarc Advisor -
> but was not sure what I was looking at in the report?. I could't see
> anything in there under 'hardware'.
> So I tried to find out by opening Device Manager, and under 'Other
> Devices' there are 6 entries (with yellow ?
> and ! marks against them):
> Ethernet Controller
> Multimedia Audio Control
> Network Controller
> O2Micro SmartCardBus_Reader
> PCI Modem
> Video Controller (VGA Compatible).
> Then, when I right-click properties on any one of them, e.g.
> 'Ethernet
> Controller', I get the following information under the 'General' tab:
> Device type: Other devices
> Manufacturer: Unknown.
> There is also other information under the 'Details' tab, such as
> 'Device Instance ID'.
> QUESTION: how do I find out, from this info, or the Balarc Advisor
> report, what drivers are required, in order that I may download them
> from dell support?
> Also, I don't have any original Inspiron utility CDrom for either Dell
> laptop.
> HELP! - Many thanks in advance.
>

http://tinyurl.com/282x5j (U.S. page for D600 downloads)

1) Intel mobile chipset drivers FIRST

2) Video adapter driver - (*Your system has either Intel integrated video or
an ATI adapter. Intel chipset drivers should install the Intel video adapter
drivers. If you still have a video "!" or "?" after the chipset install,
then proceed to install video drivers for the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.)

3) Chipset drivers for the O2 smartcard

4) Network driver - Broadcom 570x

5) Communication driver - Conexant D480 MDC V.92 driver

6) Audio driver - Sigmatel STAC 9750 AC97 driver.


^^^This isn't a perfect formula but is a decent and general start. You may
have to add some other downloads once these are completed. ^^^^


hth

Stew

Stew modestly states that the driver installation order is not a perfect
solution, but it would work for me. I do exactly the same thing when
confronted with a Windows reinstall and no driver CD for whatever brand of
computer I am working on.

I cannot emphasize the importance of installing the motherboard chipset drivers
absolutely first. Doing the driver install in any other order can result in a
serious waste of time... Ben Myers

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:29:31 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote:

>
><jodrisco.uk@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1176881113.864704.325450@d57g2000hsg.googleg roups.com...
>>I have performed a fresh install on my old dell latitude d600 using a
>> reinstall XP CD (which came with my new dell latitude d620) back to
>> factory settings. Now I am unable to connect to the internet. Try to
>> bring up IE and get the page not found message.
>> After I did the clean install, I did not also install all the drivers
>> for my hardware? - why? - because I don't know which ones to install.
>> I can see drivers available for my laptop at Dell Support site but
>> don't know which ones I need to load.
>> Reading other threads on MS forums, to find out what hardware is on my
>> computer, I downloaded, installed and ran the free Belarc Advisor -
>> but was not sure what I was looking at in the report?. I could't see
>> anything in there under 'hardware'.
>> So I tried to find out by opening Device Manager, and under 'Other
>> Devices' there are 6 entries (with yellow ?
>> and ! marks against them):
>> Ethernet Controller
>> Multimedia Audio Control
>> Network Controller
>> O2Micro SmartCardBus_Reader
>> PCI Modem
>> Video Controller (VGA Compatible).
>> Then, when I right-click properties on any one of them, e.g.
>> 'Ethernet
>> Controller', I get the following information under the 'General' tab:
>> Device type: Other devices
>> Manufacturer: Unknown.
>> There is also other information under the 'Details' tab, such as
>> 'Device Instance ID'.
>> QUESTION: how do I find out, from this info, or the Balarc Advisor
>> report, what drivers are required, in order that I may download them
>> from dell support?
>> Also, I don't have any original Inspiron utility CDrom for either Dell
>> laptop.
>> HELP! - Many thanks in advance.
>>
>
>http://tinyurl.com/282x5j (U.S. page for D600 downloads)
>
>1) Intel mobile chipset drivers FIRST
>
>2) Video adapter driver - (*Your system has either Intel integrated video or
>an ATI adapter. Intel chipset drivers should install the Intel video adapter
>drivers. If you still have a video "!" or "?" after the chipset install,
>then proceed to install video drivers for the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.)
>
>3) Chipset drivers for the O2 smartcard
>
>4) Network driver - Broadcom 570x
>
>5) Communication driver - Conexant D480 MDC V.92 driver
>
>6) Audio driver - Sigmatel STAC 9750 AC97 driver.
>
>
>^^^This isn't a perfect formula but is a decent and general start. You may
>have to add some other downloads once these are completed. ^^^^
>
>
>hth
>
>Stew
>

"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_not@charter.net> wrote in message
news:cd6c235m072evnvr5u9g30uq3uerhcc450@4ax.com...
> Stew modestly states that the driver installation order is not a perfect
> solution, but it would work for me. I do exactly the same thing when
> confronted with a Windows reinstall and no driver CD for whatever brand of
> computer I am working on.
>
> I cannot emphasize the importance of installing the motherboard chipset
> drivers
> absolutely first. Doing the driver install in any other order can result
> in a
> serious waste of time... Ben Myers

I generaly agree with this
always install the motherboard/chipset drivers first

then do the drivers for the rest, graphics card, modems, network cards etc

On Apr 18, 2:29 pm, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
> <jodrisco...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1176881113.864704.325450@d57g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> >I have performed afreshinstallon my old dell latitude d600 using a
> > reinstallXPCD(which came with my new dell latitude d620) back to
> > factory settings. Now I am unable to connect to theinternet. Try to
> > bring up IE and get the page not found message.
> >AfterI did the cleaninstall, I did not alsoinstallall the drivers
> > for my hardware? - why? - because I don't know which ones toinstall.
> > I can see drivers available for my laptop at Dell Support site but
> > don't know which ones I need to load.
> > Reading other threads on MS forums, to find out what hardware is on my
> > computer, I downloaded, installed and ran the free Belarc Advisor -
> > but was not sure what I was looking at in the report?. I could't see
> > anything in there under 'hardware'.
> > So I tried to find out by opening Device Manager, and under 'Other
> > Devices' there are 6 entries (with yellow ?
> > and ! marks against them):
> > Ethernet Controller
> > Multimedia Audio Control
> > Network Controller
> > O2Micro SmartCardBus_Reader
> > PCI Modem
> > Video Controller (VGA Compatible).
> > Then, when I right-click properties on any one of them, e.g.
> > 'Ethernet
> > Controller', I get the following information under the 'General' tab:
> > Device type: Other devices
> > Manufacturer: Unknown.
> > There is also other information under the 'Details' tab, such as
> > 'Device Instance ID'.
> > QUESTION: how do I find out, from this info, or the Balarc Advisor
> > report, what drivers are required, in order that I may download them
> > from dell support?
> > Also, I don't have any original Inspiron utility CDrom for either Dell
> > laptop.
> > HELP! - Many thanks in advance.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/282x5j (U.S. page for D600 downloads)
>
> 1) Intel mobile chipset drivers FIRST
>
> 2) Video adapter driver - (*Your system has either Intel integrated video or
> an ATI adapter. Intel chipset drivers shouldinstallthe Intel video adapter
> drivers. If you still have a video "!" or "?"afterthe chipsetinstall,
> then proceed toinstallvideo drivers for the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.)
>
> 3) Chipset drivers for the O2 smartcard
>
> 4) Network driver - Broadcom 570x
>
> 5) Communication driver - Conexant D480 MDC V.92 driver
>
> 6) Audio driver - Sigmatel STAC 9750 AC97 driver.
>
> ^^^This isn't a perfect formula but is a decent and general start. You may
> have to add some other downloads once these are completed. ^^^^
>
> hth
>
> Stew- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

many thanks to you all for taking the time and effort to provide some
answers. stew, thanks especially for providing the ordered drivers
list, very useful for a non-techie numpty like myself. unfortunately,
following the initial suggestion to load drivers, i did just that,
loading high priority ones first (which doesnt include the intel
chipset one). the laptop can now connect to the internet, although
judging by the comments, as i havent loaded the drivers in the correct
order, i can expect to hear a large twang again in the future.
regards, jod.

"jod" <jodrisco.uk@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177352026.417165.230120@b58g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
> On Apr 18, 2:29 pm, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>> <jodrisco...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1176881113.864704.325450@d57g2000hsg.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >I have performed afreshinstallon my old dell latitude d600 using a
>> > reinstallXPCD(which came with my new dell latitude d620) back to
>> > factory settings. Now I am unable to connect to theinternet. Try to
>> > bring up IE and get the page not found message.
>> >AfterI did the cleaninstall, I did not alsoinstallall the drivers
>> > for my hardware? - why? - because I don't know which ones toinstall.
>> > I can see drivers available for my laptop at Dell Support site but
>> > don't know which ones I need to load.
>> > Reading other threads on MS forums, to find out what hardware is on my
>> > computer, I downloaded, installed and ran the free Belarc Advisor -
>> > but was not sure what I was looking at in the report?. I could't see
>> > anything in there under 'hardware'.
>> > So I tried to find out by opening Device Manager, and under 'Other
>> > Devices' there are 6 entries (with yellow ?
>> > and ! marks against them):
>> > Ethernet Controller
>> > Multimedia Audio Control
>> > Network Controller
>> > O2Micro SmartCardBus_Reader
>> > PCI Modem
>> > Video Controller (VGA Compatible).
>> > Then, when I right-click properties on any one of them, e.g.
>> > 'Ethernet
>> > Controller', I get the following information under the 'General' tab:
>> > Device type: Other devices
>> > Manufacturer: Unknown.
>> > There is also other information under the 'Details' tab, such as
>> > 'Device Instance ID'.
>> > QUESTION: how do I find out, from this info, or the Balarc Advisor
>> > report, what drivers are required, in order that I may download them
>> > from dell support?
>> > Also, I don't have any original Inspiron utility CDrom for either Dell
>> > laptop.
>> > HELP! - Many thanks in advance.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/282x5j (U.S. page for D600 downloads)
>>
>> 1) Intel mobile chipset drivers FIRST
>>
>> 2) Video adapter driver - (*Your system has either Intel integrated video
>> or
>> an ATI adapter. Intel chipset drivers shouldinstallthe Intel video
>> adapter
>> drivers. If you still have a video "!" or "?"afterthe chipsetinstall,
>> then proceed toinstallvideo drivers for the ATI Mobility Radeon 9000.)
>>
>> 3) Chipset drivers for the O2 smartcard
>>
>> 4) Network driver - Broadcom 570x
>>
>> 5) Communication driver - Conexant D480 MDC V.92 driver
>>
>> 6) Audio driver - Sigmatel STAC 9750 AC97 driver.
>>
>> ^^^This isn't a perfect formula but is a decent and general start. You
>> may
>> have to add some other downloads once these are completed. ^^^^
>>
>> hth
>>
>> Stew- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
> many thanks to you all for taking the time and effort to provide some
> answers. stew, thanks especially for providing the ordered drivers
> list, very useful for a non-techie numpty like myself. unfortunately,
> following the initial suggestion to load drivers, i did just that,
> loading high priority ones first (which doesnt include the intel
> chipset one). the laptop can now connect to the internet, although
> judging by the comments, as i havent loaded the drivers in the correct
> order, i can expect to hear a large twang again in the future.
> regards, jod.
>

Jod -

Check device manager (which I'm sure you already have). If it's clean, then
I wouldn't worry about it.

Following the install priority list is not something set in stone; it is a
preferred method in hopes of avoiding unwanted problems or surprises.

If device manager is clean, then hopefully you should be good to go.

-Stew