HELP. Gigabyte GA-7VTXH

[Shuten]

I cant get my nic to work. I plugged into my network and configured it the same as another computer
thats been running on the network. Tried plugging in another nic to see if it was the onboard card
but the other nic card didnt work either. Any ideas?

 

[Shuten]

bump

Someone help please

 

[rockhard]

If you using XP:-
Have you tried going into My Network Places, remove all Protocol entries by right clicking your network connection and selecting properties, remove all the entries, then uninstall (delete network device) and check its gone in Device Manager and reboot.
Windows should reinstall the NIC. Go back to the network connection properties under My Network Places, add the "Client for Microsoft Networks", "File and Printer Sharing", "TCP/IP" if they are not there already, then reboot and Run the Home networking Wizard and try to use you network connection.

 

[Shuten]

I'm using Windows 98se.

I tried removing the card and reinstalling it and nothing happens.
Windows sees and installs the card and everything works fine
but when I try to connect using it it doesnt seem to recognize
the card as functional. When I used winipcfg it sees the card but
still couldnt use the network. The IT guys are puzzled. Any ideas
out there?

Thanks all

 

[LoneWolf1]

Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network: Is there a TCP/IP protocol for your NIC showing? If not, you'll have to install one. From the Network window, click on Add > Protocol > Add... > Microsoft > TCP/IP > Ok. Follow the prompts, reboot and you should be good to go.

Hope this helps some.

 

[rockhard]

If you do what LoneWulf says, but remove all entries, then when you click ok you will be promped to reboot for settings to take effect.
Dont reboot, but go into Hardware Device manager and make sure that no network adapters are present. If there are any, delete them and then reboot.
Upon rebooting your NIC will be found and installed.
Now do as LEonWulf said and go Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network and reinstall Client for Microsoft Networks (under add service), NetBEUi (under add Protocol), TCP/IP (under add protocol), File and Printer Sharing (under add service). Click the File and printer sharing button and ensure the boxes here are set to your requirements.
Ok it and reboot.
Now when you run the Internet connection Wizard under Control Panel => Internet Options => Connections => Connection Wizard Tab you should leave the option ticked to obtain settings automatically and you should be able to connect to a shared internet connection etc as long as you have a Gateway (ICS computer) on your network.

Also before doing this i would recommend you remove all PCI cards from your computer and get the networking going first.
Then add back in the PCI cards one by till you find if any cause you to loose you connection.
If this happens, take the offender out and try in different PCI slots. If you cant get it to work - throw in bin or get newer drivers for the device 😉

Win98 is well known to fubor up its Protocol stack so the above should cure any problems in that department. If not i smell a OS reinstall 🙁
Its either that or youve got a rogue device in a PCI slot.
You could also try disabling the onboard NIC, follow the steps above and try a PCI addin NIC to see if you need to RMA the board.



<< The IT guys are puzzled >>



Heh, they should be ashamed of themselves if they work in a networking environment.
Either that or theyre just fobbing you off as they cant be bothered.

Hope you get it sorted,

rockhard =)

 

[Shuten]

I think its coming to an reinstall because no matter what I do nothing
seems to be helping. I tried everything everyones advised but to no avail.
The other thing is when I click on Internet Connection Wizard it allows me to
pick that I want a LAN connection but after that no matter what I hit it doesnt
do anything? Who knows. I'll try reinstalling and see if that helps.


Thanks everyone..