Apologies for not getting back to you all sooner.
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Originally Posted by DaiNasty
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Do you have a separate modem and router? Just thinking it might be worth trying the pc direct to the modem if possible, just to rule out the router as the problem. You'd need to power-cycle the modem before switching on pc.
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Thanks for explaining where the break key is Dai. Also I dug out my old USB ASDL Modem and tried to install with that but no joy, the red light kept flashing, never turned to green.
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
If you want to use it from a flash drive then read this site
http://www.puppylinux.com/flash-puppy.htm
Puppy will not solve the issue in XP but it will tell you if it's a hardware problem or a software problem as if it works in puppy then it'll be the XP at fault. Puppy is an entire quick loading linux operating system that means you can get the PC up and running and connected to the internet in just a few minutes. Easier to burn it to DVD/CD(use IMGBURN or similar) and boot from there.
Firstly though go into your bios and default it.. then try XP and see if it cures the problem, if yes then you don't need to bother with puppy |
Kymmy I don't know what I am to default. I also uninstalled my first attempt at downloading with the memory key. Then I burned it to a CD, however the end result looked much like the original. I haven't got a clue how this programme works, I think it may be beyond me.
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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Nothing wrong with that, I've got much older machines and they serve me perfectly well 
Don't worry too much about the motherboard model then.
And to tell if the card is onboard or not depends on the location of the socket. Nine times out of ten If it is grouped next to the main USB sockets sideways and about halfway up the case then it is onboard and if it is mounted parallel to the floor and in the bottom third of the case rear it is a separate adapter.
Your computer isn't branded or anything is it? Dell? HP? |
I think it must be a separate adapter Zr as it is at the bottom of the case. It is an HP machine.