Emachine T3624 NIC Problem

The NIC (network interface card) resembles a telephone jack only larger. It's where your ethernet cable goes. On some E-machines, the NIC is onboard meaning it's permanently attached to the motherboard. If this is the case, it's still possible to install a different NIC in 1 of the blank PCI slots. Remember to Disable the existing NIC in your device manager to avoid any possible conflict.

did you go in and actualy do a home networking setup for the new card if not try that

Try installing a PCI ehternet card.Turn off the cpu then restart.The cpu will automatically (!?)detect the new hardware and even install the driver(generic).Then there you can get to the internet and get you E-machine drivers.It will also install the driver for your onboard ethernet(NIC) adapter and with that you are good to go.

There shouldn't be any issues if the network connection worked with the integrated NIC. Maybe you just managed to purchase a defective replacement card. The other possibility is that you didn't disable the onboard network hardware in the computer BIOS settings. There may be some conflicts since the motherboard is trying to address both of them. Make sure the onboard NIC is disabled, and try another PCI card if you still have problems.

There should not be any problem with you buying your own PCI ethernet card and install it yourself. They are not that expensive. www.newegg.com has on for only $7.99 and it will work fine in your computer. It does not need to be from Dell.

Yes generally speaking when you drop in a videocard it typically will disable the built on one. You may have to disable it though. I know you said you did not see the onboard video in BIOS but there is almost always a setting in there to turn it off.

You should try to disable it in the hardware list.

E-machines have an odd bios where not all the functions of the motherboard are available to the user.

If you can find the make and model of your board there is a good chance you can find the PROPER bios for it.

Emachines use motherboards from a variety of regular motherboard suppliers

My older e-machine has a hacked bios so that I can alter ALL the settings.

Try going to eMachines driver support page and see if you can download the drivers for your system.
ALSO TRY:

Here are the drivers for emachines t3624 ethernet: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scri...nm=PL2KXPM.EXE

well, if you have a built-in NIC card, usually you should have a CD that has the driver for you ethernet controller.

or you might want to visit the link below to download your driver

http://www.emachines.com/support/product_support.html?cat=Desktops&subcat=T%20Series&model=T3624

I think the one you need is that Intel 845GV Chipset Driver

First off I would troubleshoot the NIC onboard, but if it is not working then you should have an available PCI slot to install a new NIC. However you will also have to disable the onboard NIC in the BIOS.

If you are using windows

Click --Start --run-- type in cmd and hit <enter> (this will bring up the dos box)

then type ipconfig /all

It should come back and show:
Connetion-specific DNS Suffix : xxxxx.xxxx.com
Description: Brand and type of NIC
Physical Address : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
DHCP Enabled: yes or no
AutoConfiguration Enabled: yes or no
IP Address: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Subnet mask: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Lease Obtained: date when it connected
Lease Expires: date when connection expires
Default Gateway: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
DHCP Servers: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
DNS Servers: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

If all this is showing correct then try typing ping 127.0.0.1 this will be the NIC itself and it should reply back. If not then do the following.

If it does not show up then check device manager and see if the NIC is disabled.
if it is disabled try reenabling it.
if it is not unistall the device and then reboot the PC it should find the NIC and install it.
if all this fails then replace the NIC