treesmoker08

I reformmatted my friends pc (Packard Bell bv istart 2311) with xp and stupidly deleted the recovery partition by mistake, now I can't find any of the drivers that it needs. I found this thread: http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/driver-support/368288-need-xp-drivers-packard-bell-istart-2311-please.html But all the links are dead now, I only really need the ethernet drivers because then I can use driver genius to find the rest, but without the ethernet drivers i'm screwed! I don't see why packard bell don't have a straight forward site to download the drivers from but if any1 could help me i'd be sooooooooo grateful

Also, if I install vista ultimate will the drivers be installed (I'm only asking because vista has tons of drivers pre-packed onto the disc)

Please HELP!!!!

TinaGeek

Is this site any good?

It says after entering your country & maybe your serial number you should have access to drivers.

http://www.packardbell.com/support.htm

ATKrider

hello treesmoker08,

I did a search and didnt find anything either

so try this if you are able to

do you have an older system that does not work ?

and does it have a pci ethernet card in it ?

if it does then pull it out and install it to the system that has the issue

XP has a small data base of drivers also for a selected cards that are generic but they will work 85 % of the time so you can get connected to get the drivers that you need

the list is pretty large that it has

now about Vista

it might have the drivers / this list that it has is works the same way as xp so it would be trail and error and you might end up with the same situation that you are in now

you might even be able to go to a repair shop and see if the have an older ethernet card that they will sell for maybe $5 to $10

let me know how it works

treesmoker08

I can't get onto that site mate. keeps on displayed 'this page contains no info' on firefox. man this is really pissing me off

dai

try here

http://support.packardbell.com/uk/it...2113801&g=2000

treesmoker08

O.K i will have a look in the old PC's I have in the garage, but i was wandering if this would work

1. could I put a vista disc in and try to go to Control Panel> Add Hardware> *select ethernet*>Have Disc and install them that way

Or

2. If I can install a wireless usb dongle and connect to my internet connection then use some software to search for the drivers (my guess if that driver genius and driver detective probably have the drivers on their database just packard bell is useless)

you you rekon this could work

EDIT: thanks Dai but I'm still getting 'this document contains no data' message. damn you packard bell

Thankyou for all your replies, is there any way of me giving you +rep or anything

dai

i just d/l the yukon driver with no problems

can you try d/loading them on another computer and burn them to disk

we don't bother with reps on this forum

treesmoker08

did you download them from the link you gave me? thats odd, I wander why I can't get onto the site, i'll try another another comp and another browser and see what happens. so can you can definately get onto the http://support.packardbell.com/uk/it...2113801&g=2000 site??

treesmoker08

YES!!!!! its fixed! heres wat I did 4 the ethernet drivers:

1. used a belkin wireless USB to connect to my network
2. downloaded driver updater pro
3. scanned my computer for drivers that need updating
4. checked the manufacter of the ethernet drivers, which was 'Marvel'
5. went to Marvel site: http://www.marvell.com/drivers/search.do
6. downloaded drivers (there was only one downlaod package to choose from)
7. Bingo! Ethernet port works!!!

Now I cant get the sound working (but because it came with vista installed I dunno if I can deffinatly get the sound working) I've tried load of realtek packages but non have worked, so now im letting driver genius try to find them for me, i'll keep you updated if I get the sound working

ATKrider

Hello ,

I just got done telling a person here at TSF about Radar Sync that had sound driver issues

they used it and poof he had sound

radar sync is a driver data base that has almost every driver at the site from window 98 to Vista

they even suppy drivers for downgrades from Vista or upgrades to Vista and working on Windows 7

Its compleatly free

just uninstall the program afterwards if you dont want it on your system

My dad has been useing radar sync for a long long time and he is the one who got me doing it ans it gets you drivers that you didnt even know that where out dated

just try it !!!

but good job on the ethernet drivers

dai

is it HD sound