I have an old emachine it has a regular phone connection and i want to update it to ethernet connection can you help me?

This is a PCI Network Card. It plugs into a PCI expansion slot on your computer. You will need to install the drivers for this network card to work properly.


How to install a network card Some newer computers come with network interfaces built in - your machine carefully for a socket that looi have an old emachine it has a regular phone - network_symbol.jpglephone socket with a next to it. These are sometimes hidden behind a flap or on the corner of your laptop next to the modem socket.
If you haven't got a network interface already on your machine you will have to install a network interface card. These are available to buy from the IT Service Desk.

• USB Adaptors simply plug into a USB port.
• PCMCIA Cards for laptops slot in a free PCMCIA slot on the side of your machine.
• PCI Cards are a bit more fiddly and require you to open up your machine.
• We advise that you use a USB adaptor for ease of installation

1. Shut down Windows and then turn the computer off and unplug it. Never work in your computer's insides with the power on or the power cord plugged in!
2. Remove the cover from your computer. There are normally a number of screws on the outside of the case to remove. Put the screws someplace where they won't wander off.
3. Find an unused expansion slot inside the computer. The expansion slots are lined up in a neat row near the back of the computer. All new computers have at least three or four slots known as PCI slots.
4. Many older computers also have several slots known as ISA slots. You can distinguish ISA slots from PCI slots by noting the size of the slots. PCI slots are smaller than ISA slots, so you can't accidentally insert a PCI card in an ISA slot or vice versa. Figure 2 shows the different types of slots. PCI slots are white, ISA slots are black
5. When you find the right type of slot that doesn't have a card in it, remove the metal backplate from the back of the computer's chassis. A small retaining screw holds the backplate in place. Remove the screw, pull the backplate out, keep it in a safe place in case you ever want to remove the network card.
6. Insert the network card into the slot. Line up the connectors on the bottom of the card with the connectors in the expansion slot, and then press the card straight down. Sometimes you have to press uncomfortably hard to get the card to slide into the slot.
7. Ignored the little cable that came with the card, you can chuck this in the bin. It is a Wake-On-LAN connector and isn't required for your card to work.
8. Secure the network card with the screw that you removed in Step 4.
9. Put the computer's case back together. Watch out for the loose cables inside the computer; you don't want to pinch them with the case as you slide it back on. Secure the case with the screws that you removed in Step 2.
10. Turn the computer back on.

Does it mean that it does not have the ethernet network capability. Easy. Buy a 10/100/100 ethernet card for the computer and after opening the side panel fix it into the available slot on the motherboard (the should preferably be plug and play in Windows that you are running). Then boot up. If the card is recognized by Windows, allow it to detect the card and load its drivers, else, insert the CD that comes with it and install the drivers. Reboot and allow Windows to detect the card and load its drivers You will get a msg in the right bottom corner of the screen to say "Your new HW has been installed and is ready for use". Now you are on.