# Format, now NIC won't take driver **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 6, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/format-now-nic-wont-take-driver/5360 "2005-12-06T15:46:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/format-now-nic-wont-take-driver/5360/1 "2005-12-06T15:46:43Z")
WTF… So I got an AIM worm and was thinking about a fresh install anyways so I reformatted my computer. Nothing was really working improperly before I reformatted, other than the worm IM’d itself to 30 people before I looked up and saw what happened. Now no matter what driver I try, my onboard ethernet just sit’s in “Other Devices” in device manager. The mobo is an [ABIT NF7-S2](http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=204) with an nForce2 chipset. This isn’t the first nForce2 board I’ve had, and the nVidia unified driver has always covered all the onboard devices. I’m now running off of a 5 year old NIC that has been sitting in a box for 4 of those years. I thought I had a hardware conflict so I yanked all the other PCI devices, but no change. I updated the bios/cleared the CMOS and no change. I’ve tried every ethernet driver on ABIT’s website for the board and still no change. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/format-now-nic-wont-take-driver/5360/2 "2005-12-06T16:34:18Z")
Oh yeah, and of course I don’t have any sort of driver CD that came with the mobo. Don’t remember if I ever had one but I probably did.:banghead: ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/format-now-nic-wont-take-driver/5360/3 "2005-12-06T16:45:54Z")
you shoudl be able to find the manufactures website that should have drivers for that nic or go to windows update… it might find it ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/format-now-nic-wont-take-driver/5360/4 "2005-12-06T20:14:07Z")
> [@BikerFry](#): > > I’m now running off of a 5 year old NIC that has been sitting in a box for 4 of those years. Whats wrong with that? Disable the onboard LAN in the bios and just run the card.The less integrated onboard devices you run the better. Anyway,just try to locate the chip on the motherboard for the LAN and see what manufacturer makes it. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/format-now-nic-wont-take-driver/5360/5 "2005-12-07T05:20:23Z")
Despite the fact that I’ve moved since the last time I reformatted, I actually managed to find the disk that came with the mobo. Turns out it was just the wrong driver. Some (seemingly) obscure homersexual driver that’s not even on ABIT’s website for the mobo. Windows update didn’t find it either. :banghead: IC+ Ethernet Driver… wtf…