MOTHEBOARD PROBLEM Please Help

[Droiyan3]

hi guys

I have a small problem... my friend gave me his pc inorder to format it and to put the latest drivers on it...He himself doesnt have them...The thing is that I cannot find any drivers ....rofl....well...i got the programm everest so i could find at least the lan card driver inorder to go to the internet(proxy )but the name of the card is Inte l82801DB appears to be a sound card driver..rofl...maybe i am mistooken..anyways...the name of the motherboard is GA-8IGMIU REV 1.1 ITS FROM GYGABYTE.......FUNNY TO SAY BUT ON THE MANUFACTERS SITES THERE isnt a driver for the motherboard....please can some one help me out...

thanks forward

[SomeoneElse]

This is why I only build PC's using ASUS Motherboards

Anyways, I did some searching to see if I could help and this is what I found. The sources were not in english so I had to translate the pages with what ever google uses, hopefully the info is correct.

Motherboard: Gigabyte 8IGMIU

Processor: Intel P4 478

Chipset: Intel 845G

Sound: AD1981

Lan: Intel 82562EZ (10/100) - maybe Intel Pro 100VE?

Intel 82562EZ Lan Driver Download:

http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df...D=1702〈=eng

Sources:

http://216.239.37.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=...cial_s%26sa%3DG

http://pcpro.mytech.it/pcpro/statici/prove...tteristiche.pdf

If it's not 82562EZ or Intel Pro 100VE you can always try contacting gigabyte and asking them. I had to contact them once via email, it took 2-3 days for a reply

Here's their contact page:

http://www.giga-byte.com/Company/ContactUs/contact_us.htm

And if all else fails, buy a cheap $10 network card, load it up, connect to the internet, grab the gigabyte download center app, then let it try to find the right drivers like it says it can (I've never used it but maybe it'll work and it's just one more option to try). In the event that it fails, at least now you have it working with a $10 networking card.

Good luck.

[Droiyan3]

ROFL

man u are a genius!!!!!!!!!!1 how come that something this obvious i dint try out!

ok...ill do that right away! )))

thanks buddy!

and thanks for the effort!

p.s. I also use only ASUS..though recetly i must admit that MSI is also quite nice

[Seanie's Show]

Your friends PC that you are sorting out, is it home built or is it built by some manufacturer like Time or Packard Bell ends, if so that explaines everything, to get the latest drivers etc, you need to goto the manufacturers site of the machine, not the components web sites....if that makes any sense ....some companys like Gigabyte, MSI, PC Chips only make certain boards and parts for people like packard bell, Time etc, and dont list these boards and parts on thier own sites cos they know they're budget and crap and dont want anything to do with them. which is why I will never by a PC from a store.

Honesty is the best policy.

Edited June 18, 2005 by Seanie's Show