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by thetaxwarehouse Mar 18, 2003 last reply Jun 16, 2003

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WIN98SE I CANNOT GET MY MODEM AND NIC CARD TO BE RECOGNIZED. I CANNOT FIND THE DRIVERS ANYWHERE. THEY ARE SEEN AS UNKNOWN DEVICES. THEY ARE NOT BRAND NAMES, WHERE I CAN GO TO A SITE AND DOWNLOAD DRIVERS. VERY FRUSTRATING.

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by thechas Mar 18, 2003

There is a decent step by step guide to identifying hardware and locating drivers posted at www.driverguide.com

For modems and sound cards, you can usually look at the card, identify the manufacture and part number on the largest IC's, and download the manufactures reference drivers.

Personally, I would be somewhat wary of a no-name NIC.

Another way to identify PCI devices, is with the utility posted here:

http://tinyurl.com/7qa7

Craig's software and links can be very useful in identifying PCI devices.

Chas