Why doesn't my LAN network work ?

[awp_adidas]

Hello everyone, i am new here and i am not of english nationallity, so i  will apologise for the writting mistakes i will make :">

Oke, on to my problem.
I have recently purchased a sony vaio laptop model VPCEB3S1E. the laptop  came with a preinstalled windows, i had some compatibillity issues with  that windows since it was 64 bit. i reinstalled windows 7 ultimate  edition @ 32 bit. After i reinstalled the windows MY LAN NETWORK DID NOT  WORK. i have all the drivers from the sony official site, i installed  them but nothing. I have to mention that when the laptop had the  preinstalled version of the windows my LAN network was working, both  wirless and LAN. afther the instalation only my wireless netowrk is  working.

How do i make my LAN network to function ? i have reinstalled the  windows about 3 times :-< and still no result....and i have searched  the web for the lan driver but i can not find it.....i can find only the  wireless driver :-s

Some help will be apreciated

[Blencogo · Accepted solution]

Try installing the 32-bit version of the Ethernet Driver 11.25.2.3 from here: -

http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/info/info.aspx?l=en_GB&url=VAIO/Original/Marvel...

The driver must be installed from within Device Manager - follow the instructions carefully: -

1. Exit all running programs.
2. Download this file and save it to your hard drive.
3. When the download is completed, locate the downloaded file in the location you specified.
4. Right-click the file downloaded in previous step and choose "Extract All".
5. Follow the on-screen instructions to extract the compressed file.
6. Open Device Manager (Start > type without quotes "Device Manager" in the Start Search box > press "Enter")
7. Right click "Ethernet Controller" under "Network Adapters" and click "Update driver software".
8. Click "Browse my computer for driver software".
9. Click "browse" and select the folder which you extracted in step 5 above.
10. Click "OK" and click "Next".
11. Wait while the driver is being installed.
12. Click "Close" and restart your computer if prompted.

[awp_adidas]

that did the job....thank you verry much :X