Please help!

[Chris99]

Hello i recently moved and my computer won't get internet (my other one) no matter what we do we tried doing ports, cables, resetting winsock, going directly to modem, and everything but no matter what the computer just won't notice that the cable is in there - when the cable is plugged in the orange light appears near the cable on the back of the tower but no internet. Dell says i need a new motherboard but a couple of peopel i know think that they are just trying to get me for 300$ and that I could possbiyl just buy a new network card.... i found this site and it looks like you guys are good so please reply... i need your help

[soybean]

Have you checked your BIOS settings?  You may need to enable onboard LAN. 

Any, yeah, a network card may be solution, one that would be much less expensive than a motherboard replacement.  Here's a network card I'd recommend: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124107

[Chris99]

Thank you - i was looking at a similiar one to this one before you replied - ill give you the link and can you tell me which one ill be better off with?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124120


can you also tell me the steps to find the bios and sutff or w/e? i recently moved and it worked fine before the move also we tried like everything with my IPS service and dell doing like ipconfig and stuff in cmd like that

[simshi993052]

to get to the bios screen:-
When you turn yourr pc on you will probably get the compaq logo screen if so just press the tab button then in the bottom left corner should say " enter f1,f2 or delete"
i cant remember which one it is of hand but it is only one press the required button then you will enter a grey screen i think or maybe blue (sorry for the confusion it's been a while since working with dells)

goto advanced options there you will have an option for the onboard lan with in one of the categorys listed, make sure it is enabled then save the changes and exit see where you go from there  sorry if this is a little confusing

[soybean]

Thank you - i was looking at a similiar one to this one before you replied - ill give you the link and can you tell me which one ill be better off with?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833124120


can you also tell me the steps to find the bios and sutff or w/e? i recently moved and it worked fine before the move also we tried like everything with my IPS service and dell doing like ipconfig and stuff in cmd like that

Mainly due to the better review rating on the on http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=N82E16833124107 , I'd choose it out of the two.   However, here's one priced at only $6.99 plus shipping and the reviews are good: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156107

Regarding how to access the BIOS, see http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

[Chris99]

Well i saw the one that was 25 dollars at staples and I bought it but im waiting to put it in cause my uncle said he would like to try something with the computer first but i ca't get in contact with him.

[soybean]

OK, well, please post back and let us know how it goes.  Hope you get the problem resolved.

[Chris99]

Thanks soy :] im waiting for dinner time (4 hours) to call my uncle for when he gets back from work... once we try what he said if it doens't work ill do the NIC card and if that works i would be very hyappy:] well no matter what ill post back!

[GX1_Man]

to get to the bios screen:-
When you turn yourr pc on you will probably get the compaq logo screen if so just press the tab button then in the bottom left corner should say " enter f1,f2 or delete"
i cant remember which one it is of hand but it is only one press the required button then you will enter a grey screen i think or maybe blue (sorry for the confusion it's been a while since working with dells)

I think this is poor information as he already said Dell, not Compaq. Dell is generally F2, but it will say on the screen what to press to get to setup.