Help!
I own the IBM Thinkpad R40 notebook and recently installed Windows Vista
Home Premium. I cannot connect to the internet as I do not have a compatible
Ethernet driver. Under Device Manager in Control Panel, I have 2 Yellow
Exclamation Points in 'Other Devices': Network Controller and Unknown Device.
Does anyone have the Vista compatible ethernet driver that allows the R40
laptop to connect to DSL either wirelessly or via LAN?

I tried the IBM site for drivers and contacted IBM Support 4 times to no
avail.

If anyone has the drivers it will be the IBM web site, if they are not there
then it's quite likely they don't exist anywhere.

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"Mr. R40" <Mr. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2A5F7E5C-6A8B-4935-AD6B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Help!
> I own the IBM Thinkpad R40 notebook and recently installed Windows Vista
> Home Premium. I cannot connect to the internet as I do not have a
> compatible
> Ethernet driver. Under Device Manager in Control Panel, I have 2 Yellow
> Exclamation Points in 'Other Devices': Network Controller and Unknown
> Device.
> Does anyone have the Vista compatible ethernet driver that allows the R40
> laptop to connect to DSL either wirelessly or via LAN?
>
> I tried the IBM site for drivers and contacted IBM Support 4 times to no
> avail.

They don't exist. I tried: migr-46024, migr-67256, migr-67255

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> If anyone has the drivers it will be the IBM web site, if they are not there
> then it's quite likely they don't exist anywhere.
>
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> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
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>
>
> "Mr. R40" <Mr. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2A5F7E5C-6A8B-4935-AD6B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Help!
> > I own the IBM Thinkpad R40 notebook and recently installed Windows Vista
> > Home Premium. I cannot connect to the internet as I do not have a
> > compatible
> > Ethernet driver. Under Device Manager in Control Panel, I have 2 Yellow
> > Exclamation Points in 'Other Devices': Network Controller and Unknown
> > Device.
> > Does anyone have the Vista compatible ethernet driver that allows the R40
> > laptop to connect to DSL either wirelessly or via LAN?
> >
> > I tried the IBM site for drivers and contacted IBM Support 4 times to no
> > avail.
>

Well, sorry then; that would be it.

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"Mr. R40" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:24584A9F-773D-4F9B-8B1E-(E-Mail Removed)...
> They don't exist. I tried: migr-46024, migr-67256, migr-67255
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> If anyone has the drivers it will be the IBM web site, if they are not
>> there
>> then it's quite likely they don't exist anywhere.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (E-Mail Removed)
>> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "Mr. R40" <Mr. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:2A5F7E5C-6A8B-4935-AD6B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Help!
>> > I own the IBM Thinkpad R40 notebook and recently installed Windows
>> > Vista
>> > Home Premium. I cannot connect to the internet as I do not have a
>> > compatible
>> > Ethernet driver. Under Device Manager in Control Panel, I have 2 Yellow
>> > Exclamation Points in 'Other Devices': Network Controller and Unknown
>> > Device.
>> > Does anyone have the Vista compatible ethernet driver that allows the
>> > R40
>> > laptop to connect to DSL either wirelessly or via LAN?
>> >
>> > I tried the IBM site for drivers and contacted IBM Support 4 times to
>> > no
>> > avail.
>>

Try using the Lenovo XP drivers. Be sure you set the install.exe (there may
be two installs--one unpacks, the next installs) to XP Compatibility in the
Properties dialog. Then run everything (there may be two steps to the
install) as Administrator.



"Mr. R40" <Mr. (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2A5F7E5C-6A8B-4935-AD6B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Help!
> I own the IBM Thinkpad R40 notebook and recently installed Windows Vista
> Home Premium. I cannot connect to the internet as I do not have a
> compatible
> Ethernet driver. Under Device Manager in Control Panel, I have 2 Yellow
> Exclamation Points in 'Other Devices': Network Controller and Unknown
> Device.
> Does anyone have the Vista compatible ethernet driver that allows the R40
> laptop to connect to DSL either wirelessly or via LAN?
>
> I tried the IBM site for drivers and contacted IBM Support 4 times to no
> avail.