Dammit

[ladyskada]

Just got a laptop given to me second-hand. Yay!
Problem is, the damned thing can't find the modem that I KNOW is in there. Boo!

*sigh*

I really don't want to have to spend $200 to fix a second-hand laptop when I could just save a couple hundred more and buy a new one....

Comments

[darthgm]

I think the drivers are just "lost".

Bring it down this weekend, I've got a couple ways we can try to recover the drivers for it. We can hard-line it into the router, or borrow our USB-Wireless Modem and get online with that.

[ladyskada]

Thanks, sweetie. I may just do that.

[pelgar]

mo dem?
It comes with grass clippers?
mo dem...
Is that not also an ancient word for "slow internet connection?"

Try this:
Settings
Device Drivers
look for said modem
if there's one listed, or more than one, or one with a yellow triangle over it
write pertinent info down, Windows might ask you for it later
right-click and delete
then use the hardware installation wizard to find new hardware
it should find the modem, install the driver, and voila

[ladyskada]

Thanks for your help, but since your instructions start @ "Settings" and I don't know what "Settings" you're talking about, I think I'll have to put these on the back burner. =D

[jamailla]

bring it in to the Amherst staples for a FREE pc tune up I have it on good authority the head tech will look into this issue and tell ya if you need a new card or just diffrent settings on your interwebs and help show you what to do.

[ladyskada]

Thanks, sis!
I will try to get to the one in Amherst, although there's a Staples just minutes from work here in Concord....

[jamailla]

True but the one in Amherst has the head tech that knows you. My girl says hi btw.

[ladyskada]

Tell her hello back for me!
If I get to Amherst, it wouldn't be until Friday. I'll shoot for then.