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“Unknown Device. Unknown Device. Ethernet Controller.” The first three results were graveyards
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The Device Manager refreshed. All yellow marks were gone. The audio device showed as “ACER EG31M Phantom Audio v99.”
The installer was text-only, white-on-black, like an old DOS program. It asked one question: