Distress call

I need your help, fellow crossfire users!

Before going any further, i got to say that im not very familiar around the pc. What i mean is, that i can handle a PC, but i don't know f*** all about stuff like: motherboards,drivers...etc.(all the fancy stuff :D)

So here's the deal. My pc had been acting up and i thought i'd format it. Didn't take me long to get everything off my PC and i began the format. After completing the format, i went on to put everything back on my PC, but for my surprise i found my PC ain't connecting to the internet and even if i'd want to connect to the internet, i couldn't locate any connections.(Just for the record, im not that strong in formatting PC's. Altho i've formatted once before and it worked like a charm, all i had to do last time, was to plug in the network cable and it found the net by itself) So i google'd and looked around on the internet, asked a couple of friends who are somewhat smarter than me at PCs but still nothing. I was told to download my motherboard drivers.
Now this is where it gets tricky. As i stated above im not too strong about the techincal parts, i went on and downloaded Everest(to check all the techincal data about my PC). According to Everest my motherboard is ASUS Berkeley. Knowing this information i started looking for the drivers(well there's actually links on everest forwarding to the driver stuff but they all didn't work/lead to the right place anymore). After spending an hour or two i realised its not that easy.Since i couldn't find anything on the net with Berkeley, i took off one side of my PC to check my motherboard serial(IPIBL-LA) This is what i found out( im not 100% sure if this is the correct info): HP had bought the ASUS Berkeley motherboard and due to that, my driver isn't listed on the ASUS.com site anymore. And HP site didn't really help me either. So i spent another hour looking around in random forums to find atleast something that'd help me. So far i haven't made any progress.

Long story short - im having trouble finding the correct driver(s), yet im not sure what im doing is even correct. Unfortunately i've got nothing to give as a reward(besides a good-hearted thank you), im hoping someone can help me, or atleast lead me to the right way.

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cool story bro
I suck at PC stuff too bro
if you can't find anything, there is also the possiblity of formating it again with windows 7, there it will install the drivers needed correctly automaticaly, without u needing to trouble

thats just a solution if you really cant find the drivers for ur motherboard
but you should also make a picture of the entier motherboard information in ur everest page
was thinking about windows 7 but didn't know if i should go for it. it's been said that it works well n stuff. and i haven't really heard any negative feedback, besides my mate who had a blue screen of death due to one of his hdd's but when he disconnected it, it hasn't happened again.
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having vista 32 or 64 bit?

e: Wlan (WiFi): ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software8/COL19027/pv-49313-1/sp34976.exe Tried already that?
and this might be handy : http://www.asusdriverscenter.com/index.php?id=asd104&gclid=CKn28JrRjJ0CFcQSzAodfAjM2A
It should detect your motherboard and dl drivers etc dunno if it works but i hope it does
how does the asus thingy work? i'll download it with my laptop, transfer it to my main PC with a usb stick, and then run it? doesn't it need internet to actually locate and download the drivers? :/ or is it just gonna name them so i can download them from somewhere else?

and im running 32bit vista

thanks for the tips, will surely try when i get home. :)
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Connect your pc to your modem via usb it won't need drivers to connect to the internet then, will make things easier for searching for your drivers, although it will limit your connection to 12mb it's a temp fix.
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which cable do i need to use? since i don't think my modem has a USB port?
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really it doesn't have a usb? Weird mine has, and it doesn't need any drivers, something similar happened me ages ago i formatted and couldn't connect to the internet and hadn't got a driver cd or a second pc to get the drivers but the usb cable saved me!
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i gotta make sure and check it when i get home, but right now thinking of it, im quite sure it doesn't have a usb port.
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Try windows update-program from start menu or go to windows update site with internet explorer. When I formatted, I ran windows update and I immidiately found the latest drivers for my motherboard with it.
the thing is, i've got no connection at all with my main PC, i tried the windows update program, but it instantly tried going online, yet i've got no connection whatsoever :/ but i'll certainly try the update site :)
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aah lol :p

well.. then I recommend you to search for any CDs that came with your computer when you bought it, I'm sure some of them has motherboard drivers..
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funny enough, i've actually got a HP recovery DVD(with all the drivers) but when inserting it, it wont boot up, no matter what i do. :/
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Sounds rly crap :/ best of luck with it.
Did you have a look at the windows gerätemanager? I have no idea how it is called in the international version but it's where your hardware is listed. A problem with the drivers would be shown as a yellow triangle next to network adapter or so.

You should be able to open it with Windows + Pause.
erm...damn i know what you mean, and i went there :DD lol can't recall the name. and yea it did bring it up with a yellow triangle, but when i tried to fix it...it wanted to go online, but i have no internet on the main pc, so i was kinda stuck there :D
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already got it, thanks for the useful tip.
First get internet, so install network drivers. Everest should show you what brand/type it is.
im still waiting for my shoutout you promised :<
that's been given out ages ago...say thanks to the crossfire crash :<
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can't be that long ago since I checked your last journals every now and then for my shoutout! :<

but gimme another one in your next one np! :D
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are u actually using a router or just a modem?
erm, i've got both? modem to have the internet, and a router to spread the internet between 3 PC's
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Windows Update may find you the correct drivers or see if Asus has some sort of hardware/software update program that scans your PC for Asus hardware and updates the software in accordance.

I know Creative have this feature (Creative AutoUpdater I think) so could try that.
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