error:mac address in apc and eeprom fail...

[importdude]

when i build the new comp i get this error...then i have to press f1 to continue does anyone know whats the prob?
thanks

 

[jackwhitter]

could you be more specific in your hardware setup? mac address is a network thing.. do you have a built-in nic? eeprom is usually your bios chip.. eeprom failure could be your battery is dead... more specific you can be, the better chance you stand fixing the prob. good luck to ya.

 

[importdude]

when it says it when its done listing all the drives/irq shits..
like when u have a floppy in the drive it systemfailure?thats tahats were the msg is showing

 

[osage]

could you give a rundown on your hardware.......... what motherboard/cpu/ram/video card etc:

 

[importdude]

soyo p4s 645d dragon lite
visiontek gefoce3 ti 500
oem pc2100 256mb
maxtor 740x 40gig ata133
thats about it...it might be a defect?beucase when i disable onboard lan it doesnt say that anymore but i want onboard lan~!

 

[osage]

Sounds like you have lost the MAC address for the onboard NIC...check the SOYO site to see if they have a utiltiy to recover this.

some of the ECS boards have a problem with this, they have a tool to correct it.

 

[importdude]

yah it wasnt on soyos site but i emailed tech support and they send me a sis programer to reprogram my card...

 

[osage]

glad you got it fixed.