The W89C940 PCI Ethernet Adapter is a network device manufactured by WinBond. Issues like weak Wi-Fi signal, slow DNS lookup, duplicate IP addresses, slow network and excessive CPU usage can be solved by updating this driver. Visitors have downloaded this file "89c940.zip" 669 times with an aggregate rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 9 reviews. Our users report success installing this driver update on PCs running Windows XP. The total disk space used for this update is 481.7 KB.
Winbond W89C940 PCI Ethernet Adapter
Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT4, Windows NT3.51, Windows ME, Windows 98SE, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1
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The following files are found inside the driver download file.
Name | Size | Date |
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SETUP/ONEBYTE.PKT | 1.5 KB | 17 Oct 1995 |
SETUP/DATA.DAT | 52 bytes | 31 May 1995 |
SETUP/940-DE.DAT | 149 bytes | 15 May 1995 |
SETUP/MAXISIZE.PKT | 1.5 KB | 19 Sep 1991 |
SETUP/TRX.DAT | 36 bytes | 7 Jun 1993 |
SETUP/ONEPAGE.PKT | 50 bytes | 19 Sep 1991 |
SETUP/940-DM.EXE | 420.6 KB | 23 Nov 1995 |
SETUP/MINISIZE.PKT | 50 bytes | 19 Sep 1991 |
SETUP/RUNTSIZE.PKT | 13 bytes | 17 Jul 1990 |
PKTDRV/940-PD.COM | 7.2 KB | 26 Feb 1996 |
WINNT/40/W940ND.SYS | 34.8 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
WINNT/40/OEMSETUP.INF | 32.2 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
WINNT/31/W940ND.SYS | 50.7 KB | 3 Oct 1996 |
WINNT/31/OEMSETUP.INF | 31.8 KB | 18 Sep 1996 |
WINNT/35/W940ND.SYS | 34.8 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
WINNT/35/OEMSETUP.INF | 32.2 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
WINNT/351/W940ND.SYS | 34.8 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
WINNT/351/OEMSETUP.INF | 32.2 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
WIN95/W940ND.INF | 4.4 KB | 13 Dec 1996 |
WIN95/W940ND.SYS | 34.8 KB | 21 Feb 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/SETUP | 1.8 KB | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/NODE | 27 bytes | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/INIT | 13.3 KB | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/SPACE.C | 324 bytes | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/INFO | 93 bytes | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/REMOVE | 7.2 KB | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/MASTER | 35 bytes | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/RECONF | 18.1 KB | 13 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/W940S3.O | 27.7 KB | 27 Jan 1997 |
SCOUNIX/3.X/SYSTEM | 32 bytes | 13 Jan 1997 |
NETWARE/SERVER/3.12/ETHERTSM.NLM | 9.2 KB | 23 Aug 1994 |
NETWARE/SERVER/3.12/940-OD.LAN | 9.9 KB | 14 Feb 1996 |
NETWARE/SERVER/3.12/MSM31X.NLM | 21.3 KB | 23 Aug 1994 |
NETWARE/SERVER/4.X/W940OD.LAN | 8.8 KB | 17 Dec 1996 |
NETWARE/SERVER/4.X/W940OD.INF | 9.1 KB | 10 Sep 1996 |
NETWARE/SERVER/4.X/ETHERTSM.NLM | 9.4 KB | 29 Nov 1994 |
NETWARE/SERVER/4.X/940-OD.LAN | 9.9 KB | 14 Feb 1996 |
NETWARE/SERVER/4.X/W940OD.LDI | 3.6 KB | 2 Dec 1995 |
NETWARE/SERVER/4.X/MSM.NLM | 20.3 KB | 23 Nov 1994 |
NETWARE/SERVER/3.11/940-OD.LAN | 21.4 KB | 26 Feb 1996 |
NETWARE/CLIENT/OS2/940-OD.SYS | 24.3 KB | 26 Feb 1996 |
NETWARE/CLIENT/DOS/940-OD.COM | 25.9 KB | 14 Feb 1996 |
NETWARE/CLIENT/DOS/940-OD.INS | 401 bytes | 13 Jan 1997 |
NDIS2/LANSVR.DOS/W940ND.DOS | 12.3 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
NDIS2/LANSVR.DOS/OEMSETUP.INF | 573 bytes | 6 Feb 1996 |
NDIS2/PCNFS/PROTOCOL.INI | 373 bytes | 15 Nov 1995 |
NDIS2/PCNFS/W940ND.DOS | 12.3 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
NDIS2/PCNFS/WINBOND.NIF | 232 bytes | 18 Jan 1996 |
NDIS2/WFW/W940ND.DOS | 12.3 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
NDIS2/WFW/OEMSETUP.INF | 573 bytes | 6 Feb 1996 |
NDIS2/LANSVR.OS2/W940ND.OS2 | 11.1 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
NDIS2/LANSVR.OS2/W940ND.NIF | 705 bytes | 6 Feb 1996 |
HELPME.COM | 17.8 KB | 14 May 1996 |
MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/NIF/WINBOND.NIF | 232 bytes | 18 Jan 1996 |
MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/WINBOND/W940ND.OS2 | 11.1 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
MSLANMAN.OS2/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/WINBOND/PROTOCOL.INI | 373 bytes | 15 Nov 1995 |
W940ND.SYS | 21 bytes | 22 Jan 1996 |
HELP/SCO3X.TXT | 4.0 KB | 8 Mar 1997 |
HELP/NWSERVER.312 | 1.7 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/WINNT.TXT | 3.3 KB | 7 Nov 1996 |
HELP/LANSVDOS.TXT | 2.2 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/PKTDRV.TXT | 2.3 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/NWSERVER.4X | 1.6 KB | 8 Mar 1997 |
HELP/LANSVOS2.TXT | 2.4 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/NWCLIENT.OS2 | 2.3 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/WIN95.TXT | 2.7 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/NWCLIENT.DOS | 775 bytes | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/LANMOS2.TXT | 2.3 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/CONTENT.TXT | 1.3 KB | 8 Mar 1997 |
HELP/WFW.TXT | 3.0 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/LANTASTI.TXT | 2.1 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/PCNFS.TXT | 2.5 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/NWSERVER.311 | 1.8 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/LANMDOS.TXT | 2.2 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELP/WFW311.TXT | 3.5 KB | 28 Sep 1996 |
HELPME.MNU | 1.3 KB | 8 Mar 1997 |
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/NIF/WINBOND.NIF | 232 bytes | 18 Jan 1996 |
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/WINBOND/PROTOCOL.INI | 373 bytes | 15 Nov 1995 |
MSLANMAN.DOS/DRIVERS/ETHERNET/WINBOND/W940ND.DOS | 12.3 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
WFW311/W940ND.386 | 34.9 KB | 26 Feb 1996 |
WFW311/W940ND.DOS | 12.3 KB | 19 Jul 1996 |
WFW311/OEMSETUP.INF | 956 bytes | 9 May 1997 |
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