Hello,
I recently got a new K9A Platinum MSI Motherboard. I got everything setup and put Windows XP SP 2 on the computer. After some difficulty it finally accepted the installation. I don't really know if this has relevance, but I put 4 gigs of ram, a 2.5ghz dual core AMD processor, and I have a 250 gig hard drive. I'm using a pretty crappy video card because I could not afford a new one yet.
But my question/complaint/statement that I require assistance on, is that I have a router, and I have the Ethernet cord connected to the router. So then I put the cord into the 10/100/1000 Ethernet spot on the motherboard, and it doesn't show anything that would assist in my findings for connecting to the internet. I've tried to force it by making a new connection, but that doesn't help at all. I've tried enabling all of the possible connections that I could find in the BIOS and it came up with a Network adapter, but that didn't prove to be of assistance.
I've been working on this all day, and I still can't connect to the internet. I was wondering if anyone knows a solution to this, because without the internet on the computer, I'm forced to use the internet of my family's computers to seek help.
Thank you.