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Cannot get drivers for my network card

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Hi.  I just finished building my new PC, and i'm trying to get onto the internet.  I'm on Windows 8.1, and it says there are no connections available.  I troubleshooted it with Windows, and it said "Windows could not find a driver for your network adapter.  Now, this would be all well and good, except I need the internet to download the driver...  I'm not really sure what to do.  I tried plugging my Ethernet cable into my motherboard, but that doesn't seem to do anything.  

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You need drivers to use ethernet...

 

If you have a cd drive, stick the CD that came with the mobo in and install the networking drivers, then go to your motherboard manufacturer's website and download the rest of the drivers and a possibly updated driver for networking and install all of those.

 

Then you can go ahead and find the driver for your network card online.

 

 

Otherwise, get a flash drive, go to another computer somewhere, download drivers, move to the flash drive, take em home and install em on your pc.

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you've installed windows wrong. Follow the guide in my signature.

Hi.  I just finished building my new PC, and i'm trying to get onto the internet.  I'm on Windows 8.1, and it says there are no connections available.  I troubleshooted it with Windows, and it said "Windows could not find a driver for your network adapter.  Now, this would be all well and good, except I need the internet to download the driver...  I'm not really sure what to do.  I tried plugging my Ethernet cable into my motherboard, but that doesn't seem to do anything.  

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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If you need to learn how to install Windows, check here:  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324871-guide-how-to-install-windows-the-right-way/

Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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you've installed windows wrong. Follow the guide in my signature.

Or you could just check in device manager and see if anything's got a yellow exclamation mark next to it if so post the hardware id here

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or you can just do it right from the start.

Or you could just check in device manager and see if anything's got a yellow exclamation mark next to it if so post the hardware id here

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

Spoiler

If you need to learn how to install Windows, check here:  http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/324871-guide-how-to-install-windows-the-right-way/

Event Viewer 101: https://youtu.be/GiF9N3fJbnE

 

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