daoutlawz Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 ok ok, i need some serious help guys!! my specs are: Gigabyte 7VRXP Mobo 256MB 2700 DDR RAM Gforce 4 MX 440 40gig Seagate HDD SB Vibra WINXP PRO here i go......... for all who dont know, this mobo has LAN onboard and Sound onboard, now... i disabled the sound and plugged in my PCI sound card and it works great.. I did the same for the LAN card, i.e. disabled it in BIOS and plugged in the Ethernet LAN card in the PCI slot, and IT DOESNT WORK!! ive tried all that i know of, first of all i did a few combos, i re-enabled the on-board LAN chip, to c if it did anything, nothing, i re-installed winxp, nothing. Then i swapped the Ethernet card with another one, to eliminate the possibility of a faulty Ethernet Card, still nothing. I moved the ethernet card to different PCI slots, nothing. Then i just unplugged the cable, and shoved it into the on-board one, and it works fine.. even with the Ethernet one in the PCI slot..i again unplugged it and put it back into the one in the PCI slot, and nothing.. btw i have updated all drivers, including VIA. and nothing. i am writing this to you connected thru the on-board LAN CHIP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakingbiscuit Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 have u tried re-enabling the LAN chip and having having your ethernet card in at the same time? if ya have, i dunno what else it would be :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDJ Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 does windows recognise ur other PCI 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted July 16, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 16, 2002 Try having them both enabled at same time but only the PCI one configured properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoutlawz Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by JasonC1986 have u tried re-enabling the LAN chip and having having your ethernet card in at the same time? if ya have, i dunno what else it would be :( Originally posted by creamhackered Try having them both enabled at same time but only the PCI one configured properly i have tried to do that, and am using the internet in that way at the moment (i.e the cable is plugged into my on-board LAN, while the LAN card is in my PCI slot), and it still doesnt work... and yes windows does recognise the card, my SB card works fine, the LAN card just doesnt work, so in other words, the drivers and everything is there, it just doesnt connect to the internet. and ive also put the CARD in different slots, and it still doesnt work. ive even tried different cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 what's so wrong with the onboard LAN? unless there's a specific need for the pci card, i'd say to stick with the way that works... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoutlawz Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by Bling3k12 what's so wrong with the onboard LAN? unless there's a specific need for the pci card, i'd say to stick with the way that works... it lags me out in online games, and also makes it choke, thats basically the only reason.. with my PCI card, i never had this problem.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Oh! I know what it is! My isp does the same thing. Whenever you switch ethernet cards, it will want to reassign your ip address, ie, give you a new IP. Just power down your system, reset the cable modem, then hook up the cable to that pci ethernet card, power back up the system. Mine does the exact same thing. I was freaking out about it, until I reset the modem and noticed I had a different IP after switching cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 does windows even detect the PCI nic when its installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azazel- Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Man...he could have at least said if he got it working or not. :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elektro Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by azazel- Oh! I know what it is! My isp does the same thing. Whenever you switch ethernet cards, it will want to reassign your ip address, ie, give you a new IP. Just power down your system, reset the cable modem, then hook up the cable to that pci ethernet card, power back up the system. Mine does the exact same thing. I was freaking out about it, until I reset the modem and noticed I had a different IP after switching cards. correct... same thing happened to me... sometimes u have to contact the ISP cuz they may shut you down cuz they think you are sharing access ISPs r werid... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoutlawz Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 Originally posted by azazel- Oh! I know what it is! My isp does the same thing. Whenever you switch ethernet cards, it will want to reassign your ip address, ie, give you a new IP. Just power down your system, reset the cable modem, then hook up the cable to that pci ethernet card, power back up the system. Mine does the exact same thing. I was freaking out about it, until I reset the modem and noticed I had a different IP after switching cards. thanx man, im gonna try that now and im gonna get back to u, come to think of it, whenever i plugged the cable into the one in the PCI slot, the reported IP address was weird like 164.23.124.21 which my isp is always in the 25x.xxx.xxx so yeh, thanx again... btw im in Australia, i posted this thread around 1am my time, so, now when i woke up i c all the replys, thats y i havnt replyed :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daoutlawz Posted July 17, 2002 Author Share Posted July 17, 2002 YES!!! thanx guys its working!! wot u said azazel- was right, thats all i had to do... thanx again!! :D :D :D :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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