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I recently replaced the drive on an HP 8575c. I did not get an HP
modified drive so the restore disc would not work.
I installed Win 2000 since I feel that 98Se is trash.
I was able to find drivers for and get everything to work except
the network adaptor. It would connect to the internet through the
cable modem for about 20-30 seconds then hang.
I downloaded and tried every driver I could find with no success.
I ended up buying a new NIC card for $10.00. When I installed
it the machine said that I had a Realtek card. Since the box said
that it was a Hawking card, I figured that there was some on-board
circuit that was overriding what the card was.
I looked at the txt files on the CD that came with the card and
found that it was made by Realtek. I put the new card back in
and installed the drivers from the CD and it worked perfectly.
Bottom line is that HP doesn't care about the customer once they get
the money. Their solution is to have the customer buy a new HP
machine. I'll never consider "any" HP product again.
Last year I had to replace the drive on my IBM laptop. I was able to
go to the IBM web site and download all the drivers for that machine
for Win 2000. Painless installation.
I recently replaced the drive on an HP 8575c. I did not get an HP
modified drive so the restore disc would not work.
I installed Win 2000 since I feel that 98Se is trash.
I was able to find drivers for and get everything to work except
the network adaptor. It would connect to the internet through the
cable modem for about 20-30 seconds then hang.
I downloaded and tried every driver I could find with no success.
I ended up buying a new NIC card for $10.00. When I installed
it the machine said that I had a Realtek card. Since the box said
that it was a Hawking card, I figured that there was some on-board
circuit that was overriding what the card was.
I looked at the txt files on the CD that came with the card and
found that it was made by Realtek. I put the new card back in
and installed the drivers from the CD and it worked perfectly.
Bottom line is that HP doesn't care about the customer once they get
the money. Their solution is to have the customer buy a new HP
machine. I'll never consider "any" HP product again.
Last year I had to replace the drive on my IBM laptop. I was able to
go to the IBM web site and download all the drivers for that machine
for Win 2000. Painless installation.