Ethernet Driver For HP Pavilion A230N?

[Sunking]

I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapter
in my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery partition
but do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with the
system.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance,
Dave

[Ben Myers]

According to the HP web site, the Ethernet is "Integrated 10/100Base-T
networking interface". Not much help.

Two approaches to figuring out which Ethernet driver to use:

1. Open up the chassis and look for an Ethernet chip. Likely possibilities are
Realtek and Intel. I'll bet on the former, which is less expensive and favored
for motherboards designed out there on the Pacific Rim. If Ethernet is
integrated into one of the main motherboard chips, this approach will not work
well.

2. Asus manufactured the board, so go to the Asus web site and look for boards
with on-board Ethernet and supporting the same AMD CPU in your system. Asus
would not have changed the Ethernet support from whatever it uses on its
standard boards.

There are also some fairly technical bits of software which can read out chipset
and interface information to tell you what hardware is on the board.

.... Ben Myers

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:57:58 -0400, Sunking <sunking@sol.com> wrote:
I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapterin my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery partitionbut do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with thesystem.Can anyone point me in the right direction.Thanks in advance,Dave

[craigm]

Dave,

On page
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=330086&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&Submit=go&dlc=en&docname=c00006476

you will find Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier Realtek 8201BL

Try looking on the realtek site.

craigm

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:414c64d9.10198593@news.charter.net... According to the HP web site, the Ethernet is "Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface". Not much help. Two approaches to figuring out which Ethernet driver to use: 1. Open up the chassis and look for an Ethernet chip. Likely
possibilities are Realtek and Intel. I'll bet on the former, which is less expensive and
favored for motherboards designed out there on the Pacific Rim. If Ethernet is integrated into one of the main motherboard chips, this approach will not
work well. 2. Asus manufactured the board, so go to the Asus web site and look for
boards with on-board Ethernet and supporting the same AMD CPU in your system.
Asus would not have changed the Ethernet support from whatever it uses on its standard boards. There are also some fairly technical bits of software which can read out
chipset and interface information to tell you what hardware is on the board. ... Ben Myers On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:57:58 -0400, Sunking <sunking@sol.com> wrote:I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapterin my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery partitionbut do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with thesystem.Can anyone point me in the right direction.Thanks in advance,Dave

[Ben Myers]

Realtek does not have enough clout in the industry yet to get its drivers
included on Microsoft Windows install CDs. That may change. 3COM has all but
abandoned the Ethernet market, whether integrated on the motherboard or a
freestanding card. That leaves Intel as the only "name" brand supplier of both
integrated and card flavors. Realtek, Linksys (Cisco), D-Link, Netgear are all
competing to establish themselves as a second name brand.

I could not find the referenced URL when I looked on the HP web site. A tribute
to its usual poor organization and missing links... Ben Myers

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:55:17 -0500, "craigm" <none@domain.invalid> wrote:
Dave,On pagehttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=330086&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&Submit=go&dlc=en&docname=c00006476you will find Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier Realtek 8201BLTry looking on the realtek site.craigm<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in messagenews:414c64d9.10198593@news.charter.net... According to the HP web site, the Ethernet is "Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface". Not much help. Two approaches to figuring out which Ethernet driver to use: 1. Open up the chassis and look for an Ethernet chip. Likelypossibilities are Realtek and Intel. I'll bet on the former, which is less expensive andfavored for motherboards designed out there on the Pacific Rim. If Ethernet is integrated into one of the main motherboard chips, this approach will notwork well. 2. Asus manufactured the board, so go to the Asus web site and look forboards with on-board Ethernet and supporting the same AMD CPU in your system.Asus would not have changed the Ethernet support from whatever it uses on its standard boards. There are also some fairly technical bits of software which can read outchipset and interface information to tell you what hardware is on the board. ... Ben Myers On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:57:58 -0400, Sunking <sunking@sol.com> wrote:I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapterin my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery partitionbut do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with thesystem.Can anyone point me in the right direction.Thanks in advance,Dave

[Ben Myers]

When I entered in the model info in the HP web site support and drivers menu,
then clicked on Product Specifications, I found the overall system specs with an
URL which was supposed to go to the motherboard specs. Instead, I got HP's
equivalent of a 404 Not Found response.

How did you navigate to the cited page, Craig? ... Ben Myers

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:26:08 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben
Myers) wrote:
Realtek does not have enough clout in the industry yet to get its driversincluded on Microsoft Windows install CDs. That may change. 3COM has all butabandoned the Ethernet market, whether integrated on the motherboard or afreestanding card. That leaves Intel as the only "name" brand supplier of bothintegrated and card flavors. Realtek, Linksys (Cisco), D-Link, Netgear are allcompeting to establish themselves as a second name brand.I could not find the referenced URL when I looked on the HP web site. A tributeto its usual poor organization and missing links... Ben MyersOn Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:55:17 -0500, "craigm" <none@domain.invalid> wrote:Dave,On pagehttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=330086&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&Submit=go&dlc=en&docname=c00006476you will find Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier Realtek 8201BLTry looking on the realtek site.craigm<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in messagenews:414c64d9.10198593@news.charter.net... According to the HP web site, the Ethernet is "Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface". Not much help. Two approaches to figuring out which Ethernet driver to use: 1. Open up the chassis and look for an Ethernet chip. Likelypossibilities are Realtek and Intel. I'll bet on the former, which is less expensive andfavored for motherboards designed out there on the Pacific Rim. If Ethernet is integrated into one of the main motherboard chips, this approach will notwork well. 2. Asus manufactured the board, so go to the Asus web site and look forboards with on-board Ethernet and supporting the same AMD CPU in your system.Asus would not have changed the Ethernet support from whatever it uses on its standard boards. There are also some fairly technical bits of software which can read outchipset and interface information to tell you what hardware is on the board. ... Ben Myers On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:57:58 -0400, Sunking <sunking@sol.com> wrote: >I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapter >in my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery partition >but do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with the >system. >Can anyone point me in the right direction. >Thanks in advance, >Dave

[Ben Myers]

Here's another URL, this one for the Asus A7N8X-X, which is remarkably similar
to HP's A7N8X model. Asus has a whole series of A7N8X motherboards, all of
which use the same drivers. Some boards have some features, some have other
features. The HP OEM board has its feature set, and they all use the same basic
motherboard chipset, graphics, audio, and Ethernet.

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=A7N8X-X&Type=All&SLanguage=en-us

.... Ben Myers

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:55:17 -0500, "craigm" <none@domain.invalid> wrote:
Dave,On pagehttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=330086&lang=en&lc=en&cc=us&Submit=go&dlc=en&docname=c00006476you will find Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier Realtek 8201BLTry looking on the realtek site.craigm<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in messagenews:414c64d9.10198593@news.charter.net... According to the HP web site, the Ethernet is "Integrated 10/100Base-T networking interface". Not much help. Two approaches to figuring out which Ethernet driver to use: 1. Open up the chassis and look for an Ethernet chip. Likelypossibilities are Realtek and Intel. I'll bet on the former, which is less expensive andfavored for motherboards designed out there on the Pacific Rim. If Ethernet is integrated into one of the main motherboard chips, this approach will notwork well. 2. Asus manufactured the board, so go to the Asus web site and look forboards with on-board Ethernet and supporting the same AMD CPU in your system.Asus would not have changed the Ethernet support from whatever it uses on its standard boards. There are also some fairly technical bits of software which can read outchipset and interface information to tell you what hardware is on the board. ... Ben Myers On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:57:58 -0400, Sunking <sunking@sol.com> wrote:I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapterin my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery partitionbut do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with thesystem.Can anyone point me in the right direction.Thanks in advance,Dave

[craigm]

Ben,
This path works.

www.hp.com
enter a230n in search
select manuals page,
on left, select the a230n home
to get here
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/product?product=330086&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&

select product information
select motherboard specs

It is an obscure path because the normal path thru drivers and support seems
to be broken in at least two places. I suspect they are having some server
problems at the moment.

craigm



<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:414cac6e.28525650@news.charter.net... When I entered in the model info in the HP web site support and drivers
menu, then clicked on Product Specifications, I found the overall system specs
with an URL which was supposed to go to the motherboard specs. Instead, I got
HP's equivalent of a 404 Not Found response. How did you navigate to the cited page, Craig? ... Ben Myers On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 18:26:08 GMT, ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers) wrote:Realtek does not have enough clout in the industry yet to get its driversincluded on Microsoft Windows install CDs. That may change. 3COM has
all butabandoned the Ethernet market, whether integrated on the motherboard or afreestanding card. That leaves Intel as the only "name" brand supplier
of bothintegrated and card flavors. Realtek, Linksys (Cisco), D-Link, Netgear
are allcompeting to establish themselves as a second name brand.I could not find the referenced URL when I looked on the HP web site. A
tributeto its usual poor organization and missing links... Ben MyersOn Sat, 18 Sep 2004 12:55:17 -0500, "craigm" <none@domain.invalid> wrote:Dave,On pagehttp://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?product=330086&lang=en&lc=en&c
c=us&Submit=go&dlc=en&docname=c00006476you will find Ethernet 10/100 LAN Supplier Realtek 8201BLTry looking on the realtek site.craigm<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in messagenews:414c64d9.10198593@news.charter.net...> According to the HP web site, the Ethernet is "Integrated 10/100Base-T> networking interface". Not much help.>> Two approaches to figuring out which Ethernet driver to use:>> 1. Open up the chassis and look for an Ethernet chip. Likelypossibilities are> Realtek and Intel. I'll bet on the former, which is less expensive
andfavored> for motherboards designed out there on the Pacific Rim. If Ethernet
is> integrated into one of the main motherboard chips, this approach will
notwork> well.>> 2. Asus manufactured the board, so go to the Asus web site and look
forboards> with on-board Ethernet and supporting the same AMD CPU in your system.Asus> would not have changed the Ethernet support from whatever it uses on
its> standard boards.>> There are also some fairly technical bits of software which can read
outchipset> and interface information to tell you what hardware is on the board.>> ... Ben Myers>> On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 11:57:58 -0400, Sunking <sunking@sol.com> wrote:>> >I can't seem to find a driver that will work for the ethernet adapter> >in my HP Pavilion A230N. I still have access to the recovery
partition> >but do not have access to the HP Tools that came installed with the> >system.> >Can anyone point me in the right direction.> >Thanks in advance,> >Dave>