[SOLVED] Emachines M6805 Laptop

Tom082980 · 11-25-2008, 06:21 PM

My wife bought a used Emachines M6805 laptop and after connecting to the internet noticed a lot of adware and possible viruses I'm guessing due to old file sharing programs "limewire" "kazza" I suggested formatting the hard drive and installing our copy of xp home to start with a clean slate. And instead I have opened a big can of worms it seems. After deleting the partision on the harddrive and reformatting and installing windows xp home I could not get back online. Now I have 3 yellow question marks under "other devices" in devices manager. All 3 devices need drivers and I have looked on the internet for hours and call emachines with no luck or help. The devices are Network controller Pci simple communications controller Video controller(vga compatible). I have seen a lot of site's claiming to be able to update all my drivers... after a free scan, but not being able to get online to do the scan with the machine that needs the drivers I'm stumped as to what I should do or try next. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated

**BCCOMP** · 11-25-2008, 07:23 PM

Hi,
Welcome to TSF
Your Network Controller can be found here:
http://www.emachines.com/support/pro...es&model=M6805
under downloads. This is your LAN driver.

The M6807 (just scroll through model) appears to have the same specs as yours.
You could download any additional drivers from there. The only thing I am not sure about is which wireless network card you have (it list two)

I would advice to install the Chipset driver first.
Bill

Tom082980 · 11-26-2008, 05:49 PM

Thank you very much. I was able to get rid of 2 of my yellow question marks in other devices, network controller, and pci simple commmunications controller. I didnt see any drivers for, or related to my video controller(vga compatible). If you have any idea's on where i might get that last driver i would love to hear about it. Other than that i thank you again for taking time to read my post and give me the right answer the first time"switch to m6807" Thanks for the time and effort BCCOMP.

**BCCOMP** · 11-27-2008, 04:37 AM

Hi,
According to the Specs you have an ATI® Mobility RADEON™ 9600 with 64MB Video RAM.
I could not find a driver for it on the Emachines website, but have located the driver on ATI website:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...xp/mobility-xp
Seeing this is a laptop ATI wants to validate the card you have for compatibility prior to installing the driver. Let it and see if it will install.
Let me know how you make out.
Thanks,
Bill

Tom082980 · 11-29-2008, 01:38 PM

I did find the original drivers for my video on driverguide.com. No more ? marks in devise manager, i have make a cd copy of all the drivers needed after a new os install, and won't forget to do so in the future. Thanks again for all the help bccomp, and this will conclude my requests for help on this forum.

**BCCOMP** · 11-29-2008, 08:48 PM

Hi,
I am glad to hear you have it all up and running.
Thanks,
Bill

11-25-2008, 06:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tom082980 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win xp home	[SOLVED] Emachines M6805 Laptop My wife bought a used Emachines M6805 laptop and after connecting to the internet noticed a lot of adware and possible viruses I'm guessing due to old file sharing programs "limewire" "kazza" I suggested formatting the hard drive and installing our copy of xp home to start with a clean slate. And instead I have opened a big can of worms it seems. After deleting the partision on the harddrive and reformatting and installing windows xp home I could not get back online. Now I have 3 yellow question marks under "other devices" in devices manager. All 3 devices need drivers and I have looked on the internet for hours and call emachines with no luck or help. The devices are Network controller Pci simple communications controller Video controller(vga compatible). I have seen a lot of site's claiming to be able to update all my drivers... after a free scan, but not being able to get online to do the scan with the machine that needs the drivers I'm stumped as to what I should do or try next. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated Last edited by Tom082980; 11-25-2008 at 06:27 PM.

11-25-2008, 07:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,108 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Emachines M6805 Laptop Hi, Welcome to TSF Your Network Controller can be found here: http://www.emachines.com/support/pro...es&model=M6805 under downloads. This is your LAN driver. The M6807 (just scroll through model) appears to have the same specs as yours. You could download any additional drivers from there. The only thing I am not sure about is which wireless network card you have (it list two) I would advice to install the Chipset driver first. Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan Last edited by BCCOMP; 11-25-2008 at 07:24 PM.

11-26-2008, 05:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
Tom082980 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win xp home	Re: Emachines M6805 Laptop Thank you very much. I was able to get rid of 2 of my yellow question marks in other devices, network controller, and pci simple commmunications controller. I didnt see any drivers for, or related to my video controller(vga compatible). If you have any idea's on where i might get that last driver i would love to hear about it. Other than that i thank you again for taking time to read my post and give me the right answer the first time"switch to m6807" Thanks for the time and effort BCCOMP.

11-27-2008, 04:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,108 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Emachines M6805 Laptop Hi, According to the Specs you have an ATI® Mobility RADEON™ 9600 with 64MB Video RAM. I could not find a driver for it on the Emachines website, but have located the driver on ATI website: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...xp/mobility-xp Seeing this is a laptop ATI wants to validate the card you have for compatibility prior to installing the driver. Let it and see if it will install. Let me know how you make out. Thanks, Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan

11-29-2008, 01:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Tom082980 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Win xp home	Re: Emachines M6805 Laptop I did find the original drivers for my video on driverguide.com. No more ? marks in devise manager, i have make a cd copy of all the drivers needed after a new os install, and won't forget to do so in the future. Thanks again for all the help bccomp, and this will conclude my requests for help on this forum.

11-29-2008, 08:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
BCCOMP Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 7,108 OS: Win XP SP3 / Windows 7 Beta / Open Suse My System	Re: Emachines M6805 Laptop Hi, I am glad to hear you have it all up and running. Thanks, Bill __________________ PC Wizard \| Everest \| Power supply info \| Memtest86+ PC Running Slow Speedfan