soopafreek

@ Ratman

the onboard adapter WAS working (at my place) for a good week after the wipe/reinstall. then, when the machine was brought to my friend's place, it didn't work. i installed the PCI card because i figured it would be a quick fix. but alas, that didn't work either. i'm sure the restore disks have the drivers, but they didn't work. (but i'll try them again...)

the adapter is an Intel Pro/100 VE. so far, i've tried the original drivers, and updated ones directly from Intel. chipset is also Intel. (eMachines doesn't even have the drivers available to download on their site...)

thanks. :-)

i should probably also mention that i've tried:

- booting in safe mode. no result.
- running SFC. no result.

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