Question: Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Laptop C

thaicook · 03-21-2009

My old 6 year old laptop, used mainly for downloading and watching movies died today, I took it to the local fixer and they told me windows was dead, they reinstalled XP again and saved all of my data but when I got home I couldn't connect it to the internet

I have had this problem before, I moved my laptop from one house to another and the same thing happened, luckily I had the cash to buy a new laptop but I still wanted the old one for the tasks I mentioned before, unfortunately I couldn't get it working then so I just left it a few months until one day I plugged in the USB cable from the modem and the internet came back!
I've got no idea how this happened but was grateful to the gods for letting me download onto the old dog again!

This time I don't have the time to wait for it to decide it wants to work again so I really need help!

It's an old Novatech custom build but all of the components are Fujitsu, Sony etc, it's running on XP and I'm using a 1mb connection, Speedtouch modem and an SMC wireless router, the router is used by my new laptop with wireless but before today the old laptop was connected to the Speedtouch modem via USB and I've tried the same connection plus a few others that may have worked but I STILL can't connect!

Please please please someone help me

I should have mentioned that I've called my ISP and they are baffled, I should also mention that I can get internet but it's as slow as an old goat and most of the time the pages don't load in time before they've timed out, I have checked the 'Local Area Connection Status' and the activity shows that a total of 38 bytes(suppose that's what they're called) have been sent and a grand total of 2 have been received, it's normally in the tens of thousands...
I have turned off all firewall processes and anything else that may have been slowing it down...

bigbadjohn · 03-21-2009

have you tried to flush the dns on the machine to see if that helps
type cmd in the run box on thew dos that opens type ipconfig /flushdns another thing to try is open internet and click file ( if you cant see file ) at the top under the address bar press the "alt" key on your keyboard and make sure work offline is not ticked you can also try to renew the ip addy by doing the same as above except type ipconfig /renewall at the command
hope this helps

thaicook · 03-21-2009

Thanks for your reply bigbadjohn, I tried what you suggested but still no connection, the odd thing is that next to the clock I've got a 'Local Area Connection' icon flickering saying I've got a speed of 100.0 Mbps and status: connected, what does this mean if I can't get on the internet?

bigbadjohn · 03-21-2009

are you using a wireless router connected to the modem m8 ? if so try turning of the routers firewall ( temporarily) to see if you get access then) your routers homepage addy should like this 192.168.2.1 ( you should find the correct addy in the documentation pack that came with it ( type it in the address bar of i/e explorer ) another thing you can try is go to control pnel and then network internet connections make sure that the connection you are using is set to default you can do this by right clicking the icon ( sometimes it is better to restart the pc for the settingts to take affect)

Crush · 03-21-2009

thaicook,

Hello and welcome to the forum! Have you tried updating the drivers for your wireless card?

Sir Trews · 03-22-2009

Originally Posted by Crush

Have you tried updating the drivers for your wireless card?

Please take a look at your Control Panel..

Under Device Manager, are there any Yellow ! points?

As Crush has said, there are most likely updates for your XP machine.

I'm checking on updates for your Novatech..

Do you happen to know which BIOS maker and vers you are running?

03-21-2009	#1
thaicook New Poster Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Experienced	Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Laptop C My old 6 year old laptop, used mainly for downloading and watching movies died today, I took it to the local fixer and they told me windows was dead, they reinstalled XP again and saved all of my data but when I got home I couldn't connect it to the internet I have had this problem before, I moved my laptop from one house to another and the same thing happened, luckily I had the cash to buy a new laptop but I still wanted the old one for the tasks I mentioned before, unfortunately I couldn't get it working then so I just left it a few months until one day I plugged in the USB cable from the modem and the internet came back! I've got no idea how this happened but was grateful to the gods for letting me download onto the old dog again! This time I don't have the time to wait for it to decide it wants to work again so I really need help! It's an old Novatech custom build but all of the components are Fujitsu, Sony etc, it's running on XP and I'm using a 1mb connection, Speedtouch modem and an SMC wireless router, the router is used by my new laptop with wireless but before today the old laptop was connected to the Speedtouch modem via USB and I've tried the same connection plus a few others that may have worked but I STILL can't connect! Please please please someone help me I should have mentioned that I've called my ISP and they are baffled, I should also mention that I can get internet but it's as slow as an old goat and most of the time the pages don't load in time before they've timed out, I have checked the 'Local Area Connection Status' and the activity shows that a total of 38 bytes(suppose that's what they're called) have been sent and a grand total of 2 have been received, it's normally in the tens of thousands... I have turned off all firewall processes and anything else that may have been slowing it down...

03-21-2009	#2
bigbadjohn Moderator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: barrhead / scotland Posts: 526 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Lapt have you tried to flush the dns on the machine to see if that helps type cmd in the run box on thew dos that opens type ipconfig /flushdns another thing to try is open internet and click file ( if you cant see file ) at the top under the address bar press the "alt" key on your keyboard and make sure work offline is not ticked you can also try to renew the ip addy by doing the same as above except type ipconfig /renewall at the command hope this helps

03-21-2009	#3
thaicook New Poster Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2 PC Experience: Experienced	Re: Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Lapt Thanks for your reply bigbadjohn, I tried what you suggested but still no connection, the odd thing is that next to the clock I've got a 'Local Area Connection' icon flickering saying I've got a speed of 100.0 Mbps and status: connected, what does this mean if I can't get on the internet?

03-21-2009	#4
bigbadjohn Moderator Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: barrhead / scotland Posts: 526 PC Experience: Some Experience	Re: Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Lapt are you using a wireless router connected to the modem m8 ? if so try turning of the routers firewall ( temporarily) to see if you get access then) your routers homepage addy should like this 192.168.2.1 ( you should find the correct addy in the documentation pack that came with it ( type it in the address bar of i/e explorer ) another thing you can try is go to control pnel and then network internet connections make sure that the connection you are using is set to default you can do this by right clicking the icon ( sometimes it is better to restart the pc for the settingts to take affect)

03-21-2009	#5
Crush Tech Support Team Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Caldwell, New Jersey Posts: 10,599 PC Experience: Always Learning New Things	Re: Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Lapt thaicook, Hello and welcome to the forum! Have you tried updating the drivers for your wireless card? __________________ Crush aka Chris [Prework][Afterwork][PCHF Rules][BSOD's][SFC][Screenshots][PC Specs][Donate] I am in fact, quite cool. My graphing calculator confirms this

03-22-2009	#6
Sir Trews Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: West Coast.. you pick... Posts: 2,617 PC Experience: Back on the West side	Re: Having Real Difficulty Making My Old Lapt Originally Posted by Crush Have you tried updating the drivers for your wireless card? Please take a look at your Control Panel.. Under Device Manager, are there any Yellow ! points? As Crush has said, there are most likely updates for your XP machine. I'm checking on updates for your Novatech.. Do you happen to know which BIOS maker and vers you are running? __________________ Saesa omentien lle (Pleasure meeting you) ◊*Prework* ◊ *PC Specs ◊* *Da Rulez◊Donation!* ≈Toshiba≈GRC≈CCleaner≈WCG≈Memtest≈Speedfan≈**

Similar discussions...
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Please help with PC difficulty - log attached	xorovatz	[Pending] HJT Logs	5	04-03-2009 07:11 AM
Making desktop hard drive slave to laptop HDD	speedtronic	Hard Drives	2	09-22-2008 03:06 PM
Pending: Laptop Harddrive making buzzing noise	roryt2000	Hard Drives	6	12-29-2007 02:55 AM
5.1 audio difficulty	sam_Wood1211	Sound etc	13	01-28-2007 01:07 PM
5.1 audio difficulty	sam_Wood1211	Windows XP/2000	1	01-22-2007 07:29 PM

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode