vista 5744 on dell c640 laptop 512mb ram, NO ethernet drivers avai

I tried to install Vista 5744 to Dell C640 laptop with 512mb ram and ethernet
card did not recognized. means that no driver available currently.

 

Yes, that's what it would mean. Unless Dell has them on their Web site, of
course.

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Why is it you say "NO ethernet drivers available"--for what card, and what
have you tried to do speifically?

I've seen the NIC card driver not picked up on setup in Dell's with 3COM's
for example every build 5472 to present.

But I haven't seen one instance where you couldn't get the appropriate
driver for your card from the site of the card (which you ID'd generically
as "ethernet card") and vaguely that the card wasn't recognized which I
interpret as you setup 5744 on the Dell and the card driver didn't load.

I appreciate the RAM info, but it's not on point to whether your driver for
the NIC gets up and running.

If I were you, I'd find a driver for the NIC card, download it, and the run
it as admin and try to install it.

Have you done this?

CH