Ethernet Controller Driver Missing / Clean install of Win. 7/ Please Help!

[akiaookami]

This particular desktop that I ham having problems with I acquired with no HDD.. After patching it up with a new HDD and Win. 7, I ran into an unexpected problem when I was going through my normal after-check after setting up any PC, I found that the Ethernet controller was missing when I checked device manager. The motherboard does have an onboard controller so I guessed it was the drivers. I went searching and found what I had thought was the correct drive, but that did diddly-squat. I'm sorry to those of you who are reading this and feel as if I'm an idiot wasting everyone's time with a simple problem, but I'm just stuck here like a stick in mud.

Thanks again to everyone who even takes the time to read this and help me out while this is probably just a simple issue wasting your time and have a great day!

 

[ahnilated]

You can find out who the motherboard manufacturer is and get the onboard nic driver from their website.

 

[akiaookami]

You can find out who the motherboard manufacturer is and get the onboard nic driver from their website.

The driver that I tried earlier that didn't do anything was the same driver from the motherboard manufacturer. Thank you so much for the help though!

 

[ahnilated]

Do you have a yellow exclamation point next to the network device? If not you have a different network issue going on.