Another hassle . . .

[pfgpowell]

Thanks for the replies about the nVidia graphics card. I sorted that
out by re-installing XP, but this time XP home, which I bought on eBay
a while back. Now it wporks a treat.

BUT I now have another very curious problem. Or rather two: first off,
although my speakers are connected, via a simple quarter-inch jack, to
the Dell Ibought, I get no sound and the PC reports 'no sound device'.
Also, although I had no trouble connecting to the net via an ethernet
broadband connection before re-imstaling XP (albeit Home), now (since
XP home was installed) the Dell rpeorts that there is no LAN
connection. This is stupid becuase there was before when I was running
the Dell with XP Office (it came pre-installed) and I have made no
changes apart from re-installing the OS. So what gives? As I said
before I am used to Macs, but not PCs. Please help and advise, Patrck.

 

[Michael W. Ryder]

Thanks for the replies about the nVidia graphics card. I sorted that
out by re-installing XP, but this time XP home, which I bought on eBay
a while back. Now it wporks a treat.

BUT I now have another very curious problem. Or rather two: first off,
although my speakers are connected, via a simple quarter-inch jack, to
the Dell Ibought, I get no sound and the PC reports 'no sound device'.
Also, although I had no trouble connecting to the net via an ethernet
broadband connection before re-imstaling XP (albeit Home), now (since
XP home was installed) the Dell rpeorts that there is no LAN
connection. This is stupid becuase there was before when I was running
the Dell with XP Office (it came pre-installed) and I have made no
changes apart from re-installing the OS. So what gives? As I said
before I am used to Macs, but not PCs. Please help and advise, Patrck.

You probably need to install the drivers for the sound card and the NIC,
and probably some others as well. If you don't have a disk from Dell
with the required drivers you will have to download them.