No network after installing a DVD drive

[Guest]

After installing a new LG CD/DVD drive/recorder and having some trouble to
setting it up everything seemed to be fine, but soon after I found out that
there was no network/Internet access, network devices disappeared in device
manager and I lost all network connections in network neighborhood. And also,
I could not restore Windows settings before the instalation and lost my
administrator rights because Windows claims of some DLL files stuff. Is there
any light about this ? Thanks.

 

[Malke]

After installing a new LG CD/DVD drive/recorder and having some
trouble to setting it up everything seemed to be fine, but soon after
I found out that there was no network/Internet access, network devices
disappeared in device manager and I lost all network connections in
network neighborhood. And also, I could not restore Windows settings
before the instalation and lost my administrator rights because
Windows claims of some DLL files stuff. Is there any light about this
? Thanks.

I've never seen this happen because of a software problem, but of course
I don't know what "having some trouble to setting it up" entails. It is
more likely that since you were working inside the computer you
dislodged the network adapter. With the computer off and unplugged,
open the case and reseat the network adapter. If the network adapter is
on the motherboard, you may have damaged something while working inside
the computer. Put in a PCI network adapter and try.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Well, problem solved. Just changed network card to another PCI slot and
Windows recognized the adapter again. Seems to be ok now. Thanks a lot.

 

[Malke]

Well, problem solved. Just changed network card to another PCI slot
and Windows recognized the adapter again. Seems to be ok now. Thanks a
lot.

Glad to hear you solved the problem. Thanks for posting the answer.

Malke