driver question

giluser · 08-31-2007, 10:23 PM

Hello,
I recently installed windows vista on one of my computers that had windows xp in it. It already had a NIC card in it, which was a 3COM. I tried to connect to the internet, but there was no connection. I went to the device mgr and noticed that I needed the correct drivers. I switched the 3com NIC card to a d-link. To my suprise, it detected my d-link NIC card and I was able to connect to the internet. My question is, why was my computer able to detect the d-link, but not the 3COM?
Thanks

jamie_Ridler · 09-01-2007, 01:50 AM

Just a guess, but maybe the 3COM one was an older model, or a model that isnt yet supported under Vista? As a fairly new OS, there are still lots of hardware support issues.

08-31-2007, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
giluser Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 69 OS: xp	driver question Hello, I recently installed windows vista on one of my computers that had windows xp in it. It already had a NIC card in it, which was a 3COM. I tried to connect to the internet, but there was no connection. I went to the device mgr and noticed that I needed the correct drivers. I switched the 3com NIC card to a d-link. To my suprise, it detected my d-link NIC card and I was able to connect to the internet. My question is, why was my computer able to detect the d-link, but not the 3COM? Thanks

09-01-2007, 01:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
jamie_Ridler Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wellingborough, Northamponshire, England Posts: 341 OS: Windows Vista Home Premium My System	Re: driver question Just a guess, but maybe the 3COM one was an older model, or a model that isnt yet supported under Vista? As a fairly new OS, there are still lots of hardware support issues. __________________ *Comp Specs:* Asus P5K Intel P35 LGA775, Intel Core2Duo E6850 3.0GHz, Geil Ultra 4x1gb DDR2 800MHz, OCZ Geforce 8800GTX 768mb, Maxtor MaxLine III 300gb+250gb SATA2-300, Hiper HPU-4K580 PSU