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Where do I find a NIC Driver for an Inspiron 5100

Forum CPU & Components : NICs Where do I find a NIC Driver for an Inspiron 5100

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Hello, I had an old Inspiron 5100 that had mega viruses on so I installed XP Professional on it and the darn thing won't connect to the Internet. I found a Dell Drivers and Utilities disk but it doesn't have the correct driver for my computer...Help...

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Are you looking for the Wireless LAN driver or the Ethernet driver?

The Broadcom Ethernet NIC 4401 Driver is available from Broadcom's website here:

http://www.broadcom.com/support/ethernet_nic/4401.php

It's Version 4.60 dated February 02, 2007. Dell's Broadcom driver is Version 3.51, A01 dated March 31, 2003.

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Since you cannot connect to the internet then use a usb stick to download drivers from someone elses computer and then load the drivers onto your computer.

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