DC, try creating a folder and place the files you downloaded in it.
Name the folder ( any name ) and from Device Manager>select update or
install the driver>click on "Install from
a list of specific Location" >next check the Include this location in
the search and then Browse to the folder you placed the files in. See if it
installs from the folder.


"Doctor Cat" <Doctor Cat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I don't get involved with setting up PCs very often so forgive me for what
> will probably seem like a dumb question to those who do this all the
> time....
>
> I need help finding the Ethernet Controller drivers for a Dell Precision
> 670.
>
> I purchased the computer, used, from a friend. It came with the hard
> drives
> erased and I have already installed Windows XP SP2 on it.
>
> When I look in Device Manager, I see that I am missing drivers for the
> Ethernet card, video controller, and multimedia controller. The one that
> concerns me most is the Ethernet card: I am trying to get this PC online
> so
> that I can get all the remaining drivers and then network it with others
> in
> the house but, right now, there are no network drivers installed.
>
> Using another computer that is already online, I've been to the Dell
> website
> and searched for drivers and limited it to XP. I downloaded what seemed to
> be
> the appropriate files (R138111.exe and also R138112.exe) and burned them
> on
> to a CD but when I try to install them on the Dell, it doesn't find the
> drivers it wants.
>
> I've never set up a Dell before but I would like to think that there
> should
> be a file somewhere that has all of the drivers that I'll need to set up a
> Precision 670 or, failing that, the individual drivers I need will be
> findable from the web page but, so far, I'm coming up empty.
>
> Can someone who is familiar with Dells please help me figure this out??
>
> --
> Doctor Cat
>