PC help...

klawsterfobik · 26-10-2005, 11:51 AM

HI all.

I had to install another harddrive in my sisters computer on the weekend, and now i cant find drivers for her network card.

Im looking for drivers for her TI RNDIS Network Adapter

I do have her old Hard Drive floating around, can i just hook that up to my computer and find the drivers on there somewhere, put them on CD and mail them over to her? Its a 2 hour drive otherwise.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, otherwise im just going to buy her another network card, and go over and install that so i have drivers on CD with it.

Thanks.

vztrt · 26-10-2005, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by klawsterfobik

HI all.

I had to install another harddrive in my sisters computer on the weekend, and now i cant find drivers for her network card.

Im looking for drivers for her TI RNDIS Network Adapter

I do have her old Hard Drive floating around, can i just hook that up to my computer and find the drivers on there somewhere, put them on CD and mail them over to her? Its a 2 hour drive otherwise.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, otherwise im just going to buy her another network card, and go over and install that so i have drivers on CD with it.

Thanks.

Wouldn't the latest drivers be on the companies website? Like all other drivers.

klawsterfobik · 26-10-2005, 11:56 AM

i looked, but couldnt find ANYTHING on it.

Its a netcomm brand one.. *shrugs*

falcon91 · 26-10-2005, 01:10 PM

Try http://list.driverguide.com/list/company719/index.html. I just had a look, all netcomm stuff is there.
Good Luck!

Black XR6 · 26-10-2005, 01:19 PM

try the driver located here:here

Black XR6 · 26-10-2005, 01:26 PM

Is the network adapter onboard or a pci expansion card. It sounds to me like an onboard lan adapter. Have you tried the motherboard cd?

Try the link I posted above and see if thats it.

klawsterfobik · 26-10-2005, 01:29 PM

thanks, but how do i know what the hell im looking for on that site falcon91. I cant find what im looking for.

Is that what i need Black XR6... i thought it was a modem driver, not a USB driver. Im confused...

klawsterfobik · 26-10-2005, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Black XR6

Is the network adapter onboard or a pci expansion card. It sounds to me like an onboard lan adapter. Have you tried the motherboard cd?

Try the link I posted above and see if thats it.

Its an expansion card... She had the computer built for her, so she doesnt have any of the CD's unfortunately. Thats what i asked for when i got there. =/ which is why i asked if i can just get the old drivers from her old HDD, that i have sitting next to me.

IM going to burn a CD with the file you suggested, for her and send it over, we'll see how it goes.

nang3 · 26-10-2005, 01:46 PM

mate spend $15 on a LAN card hehe.. a whole lot easier !!

Black XR6 · 26-10-2005, 02:19 PM

If its just a pci expansion card and its just a lan card then go with nag3 and just buy another one. There dime a dozen.

Without seeing the card or box its hard to say what you have. The Ti RNDS dosnt sound correct for a pci expansion to me.

klawsterfobik · 08-11-2005, 09:58 AM

:( well no luck with the drivers...

is it possible to get them off her old harddrive.. its sitting right next to me. I have to go up this weekend and fix it for her, because she's got no net banking etc. and being so close to xmas...

so yer, where can i find them on her HDD?

max^power · 08-11-2005, 10:36 AM

Mate, i'm guessing you just upgraded the drive to a bigger one?

The easiest way by far would be to install both drives and boot from a GHOST disk and duplicate the small drive on to the bigger one. The size is adjusted on the fly, and you dont have to re-install or find drivers.

jonk · 08-11-2005, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by klawsterfobik

:( well no luck with the drivers...

is it possible to get them off her old harddrive.. its sitting right next to me. I have to go up this weekend and fix it for her, because she's got no net banking etc. and being so close to xmas...

so yer, where can i find them on her HDD?

Go out and purchase a USB to IDE drive adaptor. Got mine off ebay and use it for the biz. Means I can hook up IDE HDD's or even CD/DVD drives that are sitting on the desk all by themselves.

The hardest part will be tracking down where on the drive they are installed. edit Should have said, where the files got upzipped to.

jonk · 08-11-2005, 01:08 PM

BTW, I meant to ask, you're using windows 98 ?

clontarf_x · 08-11-2005, 06:17 PM

This is why you always keep driver disks kiddies

klawsterfobik · 09-11-2005, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by au^ute

Mate, i'm guessing you just upgraded the drive to a bigger one?

The easiest way by far would be to install both drives and boot from a GHOST disk and duplicate the small drive on to the bigger one. The size is adjusted on the fly, and you dont have to re-install or find drivers.

now THATS a good idea.

yer, i just slotted in a bigger drive.. the stupid motherboard only has 1 IDE connector..

jOnk.. its xp pro.. where would the files be unzipped to? ive got it sitting next to me, and i can plug it into my computer easily enough. Ive got plenty of plugs to share around!

jonk · 09-11-2005, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by klawsterfobik

now THATS a good idea.

yer, i just slotted in a bigger drive.. the stupid motherboard only has 1 IDE connector..

jOnk.. its xp pro.. where would the files be unzipped to? ive got it sitting next to me, and i can plug it into my computer easily enough. Ive got plenty of plugs to share around!

That's the hard part ... finding where it got unzipped to. Plug the old drive back in, and do a search for "TI RNDIS Network Adapter" or just "RNDIS" or "adapter" anything. I had a look on the net and stuff came up for this card, so you really should be able to just dl it, which is better than using an older driver.

09-11-2005, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by klawsterfobik

now THATS a good idea.

yer, i just slotted in a bigger drive.. the stupid motherboard only has 1 IDE connector..

Unplug the CD drive and plug in the Old hard drive.

klawsterfobik · 10-11-2005, 12:44 AM

im gunna plug the old hard drive in, and if i go into Hardware tab of System Information, i can see the current location of the drivers from there...

so that should make it easy!

Just copy, burn to CD, and then unzip to the same location as they came from, only on the new HDD.. and then how does the comp find them?

jonk · 10-11-2005, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by klawsterfobik

im gunna plug the old hard drive in, and if i go into Hardware tab of System Information, i can see the current location of the drivers from there...

so that should make it easy!

Just copy, burn to CD, and then unzip to the same location as they came from, only on the new HDD.. and then how does the comp find them?

You'll have to 'point' windoze to the exact location, manually. It will ask to search automatically or you do it manually. Try both, should work !

klawsterfobik · 11-11-2005, 02:46 AM

ok.. latest development. Plugged her HDD into my computer.. and searched for RNDIS.. got a few results.

But her HDD wouldnt load Windows, so i just copied the whole thing across to my HDD.

How many files am i going to need for this to work? And will they all have RNDIS in their title to make things easy for me? This is waaay too hard, i just wanted to plug it in, and go home!

klawsterfobik · 11-11-2005, 10:53 PM

I think i'll just take my whole PC over there, with her old HDD in it.. that way windows can search for the drivers off her OLD hdd.

if this doesnt work, its coming back to geelong w/ me and im going to take it to a shop to get it fixed and not tell her :P

klawsterfobik · 14-11-2005, 12:08 AM

just a word of advice.. ALWAYS CHECK THROUGH ALL THE CD BEFORE LEAVING

found the appropriate drivers on the CD that came with her modem.

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jonk · 14-11-2005, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by klawsterfobik

just a word of advice.. ALWAYS CHECK THROUGH ALL THE CD BEFORE LEAVING

found the appropriate drivers on the CD that came with her modem.

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You had fun though didn't ya !

Welcome to world of PC maintenance... try doing it for a living... great fun that.

max^power · 14-11-2005, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jonk

You had fun though didn't ya !

Welcome to world of PC maintenance... try doing it for a living... great fun that.

It's not that bad, i can think of worse jobs