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Hi Guys,

On my device manager i see an exclamation point icon on the Ethernet Controller under Other Devices.

I don't really know what that is but on the Device Status it says:

The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver.

I can't reinstall the driver because I don't have a cd for the driver. Tried searching the internet for a site to download the driver from but I can't find any. Anyone help? Please?

hello lafemme

are you able go go on internet with that pc? if so u can go in device manager and click on your ethernet controller and right click a click on update driver and it will search the internet for a driver also what kind of ethernet adapter do u have

looking forward to ur reply
genie3251

Hi Genie3251,

Thanks for your reply. I think I have Realtek RTL8139 Famliy PCI Fast Ethernet NIC.

How do i update driver? when i click on update driver, it make me choose between automatic and advanced mode. I choose automatic but it just searches the PC and not goes online. Help!

ok when u click update driver u get the wizard that asks you if you want to connect to windows update to search for driver u click yes this time only and then u select install the software automatically and it will search for drivers try that out and i will search for drivers for you while you do that

genie3251

hey lafemme

i found the website where u can download your drivers from it's http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/p....aspx?lineid=1 there is 4 different ones don't know wich one but u can try them

hope this helps
genie3251

thanks genie3251,

i'm going to try your advice now because my internet connection (broadband) isn't consistent. I tried calling myservice provider and all the troubleshooting we did din't help. someone will be coming over next week to see wat the problem is. i'm starting to think maybe it's the ethernet problem.

hey guys,

the error with my ethernet controller is still there. my lan card is fine. it's the ethernet controller thats not working. under device manager it's registerd as a unknown device, with a question mark icon, then an exclamation mark icon is also present stating there is a code 28 error or something like that.

thanks agian!