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You'll need the LAN drivers installed. You'll have to use the driver disk or put the driver on a USB stick, downloaded from another PC. 

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So this is a new computer, just installed the OS and need the internet to update some of my drivers but the thing is it says it can't find a network adapter. What do I do to fix this. The ethernet cable from the router is plugged in right into my computer. I really hope the problem isn't windows 8.1 not being compatible with my router.

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Real question is, why are you not using Windows 10?

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Do you have another computer? You can get the drivers on that and then move them to the other computer and then install.

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You'll need the LAN drivers installed. You'll have to use the driver disk or put the driver on a USB stick, downloaded from another PC. 

For a second I was confused on what a driver disk was also this is my first time learning I need to use the internet itself to get LAN drivers lol. Do I need any specific LAN driver or would any one thats for 8.1 do?

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For a second I was confused on what a driver disk was also this is my first time learning I need to use the internet itself to get LAN drivers lol. Do I need any specific LAN driver or would any one thats for 8.1 do?

You'll need the one for your motherboard. There will be a driver section on the motherboard's product page

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You'll need the one for your motherboard. There will be a driver section on the motherboard's product page

Ah, thank you very much. Honestly it would have taken me quite a while to figure out where to look for it. - I actually opened the CD manual to see if it told me where it was.

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