Windows 98SE LAN Card prob - URGENT!!

Island_Boy_77 · 08-27-2004, 02:35 AM

There are some days when throwing a computer thru a plate glass window sounds like the best thing ever. Like today...

PLEASE HELP:
I have a Celeron 300 system running a Jetway J-791BSR2 motherboard (with latest BIOS), 32Mb Matrox video card, Win 98SE (no windows updates done yet - can't get onto the net thru my ADSL!), Realtek 10/100 8139C PCI LAN, Lucent 56Kb PCI modem. I have reformatted the drive 3 times, reloaded the drivers 5 or 6 times, and tried swapping the PCI cards into different slots. The problem is everything looks fine, but the LAN card simply will NOT see anything: no network, no ADSL router! I've tried 2 different LAN cards (both of which work fine under XP), and 3 different cat 5 patch leads (all of which work fine on 2 other computers running XP Home and XP Pro, as well as another machine that ran 98SE). I've checked all the settings I'm familiar with, but just can't get any joy! The router shows a 100M connection as well as a LINK/ACT light. The card shows a LINK light but no ACT light, although during boot up the ACT light flickers 4 or 5 times. I've downloaded a "good" driver from "Driver Guide": could that be the problem? It's listed as 100% Win98 flavour. I don't have the original diskette driver that came with the card. The motherboard has on-board sound, but there don't seem to be any conflicts (I only mention this as I don't fully trust a 5-year old motherboard, as the sound has "crackles" in it when it plays: however, when I installed an ISA Soundblaster 32 card, the same thing happened, and the SB32 has that annoying extra IDE connector, so the current setup is without the SB32 and is back to on-board sound) In the Control Panel under Device Drivers, there are no listed conflicts on ANYTHING!

What am I doing wrong?

Dread · 08-27-2004, 02:41 AM

Just a shot in the dark here.
In Network Neighborhood > Properties
Try removing tcp/ip for your nic. Then try adding it back in after rebooting.
Make sure you have the correct drivers before doing it.
I ran into a similar problem a couple years ago. After I installed the NIC drivers I had to remove and reinstall tcp/ip to make it work.
Hope it helps! Good luck!

Island_Boy_77 · 08-27-2004, 04:47 AM

Thanks for that!

That was just the go. Boot time was REALLY slow after initial deletion of TCP/IP, but after I designated all the correct IP, DNS and Gateway settings and restarted, it was "Thunderbirds are go"!

Cheers
Peter

Dread · 08-27-2004, 07:58 AM

Wow... I got lucky that time

I ran into the same thing after I updated my nic drivers after a fresh install.
I dont even know why I thought about deleting tcp/ip and reinstalling it but I do remember writing that in my work log file for future reference. I also remember that it worked!
Glad it fixed your problem! (and saved that poor innocent machine from being thrown through a window)

08-27-2004, 02:35 AM	#1
Island_Boy_77 Death to GW swindle! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 8	Windows 98SE LAN Card prob - URGENT!! There are some days when throwing a computer thru a plate glass window sounds like the best thing ever. Like today... PLEASE HELP: I have a Celeron 300 system running a Jetway J-791BSR2 motherboard (with latest BIOS), 32Mb Matrox video card, Win 98SE (no windows updates done yet - can't get onto the net thru my ADSL!), Realtek 10/100 8139C PCI LAN, Lucent 56Kb PCI modem. I have reformatted the drive 3 times, reloaded the drivers 5 or 6 times, and tried swapping the PCI cards into different slots. The problem is everything looks fine, but the LAN card simply will NOT see anything: no network, no ADSL router! I've tried 2 different LAN cards (both of which work fine under XP), and 3 different cat 5 patch leads (all of which work fine on 2 other computers running XP Home and XP Pro, as well as another machine that ran 98SE). I've checked all the settings I'm familiar with, but just can't get any joy! The router shows a 100M connection as well as a LINK/ACT light. The card shows a LINK light but no ACT light, although during boot up the ACT light flickers 4 or 5 times. I've downloaded a "good" driver from "Driver Guide": could that be the problem? It's listed as 100% Win98 flavour. I don't have the original diskette driver that came with the card. The motherboard has on-board sound, but there don't seem to be any conflicts (I only mention this as I don't fully trust a 5-year old motherboard, as the sound has "crackles" in it when it plays: however, when I installed an ISA Soundblaster 32 card, the same thing happened, and the SB32 has that annoying extra IDE connector, so the current setup is without the SB32 and is back to on-board sound) In the Control Panel under Device Drivers, there are no listed conflicts on ANYTHING! What am I doing wrong?
(Offline)

08-27-2004, 02:41 AM	#2
Dread Eddie would go Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,045	Just a shot in the dark here. In Network Neighborhood > Properties Try removing tcp/ip for your nic. Then try adding it back in after rebooting. Make sure you have the correct drivers before doing it. I ran into a similar problem a couple years ago. After I installed the NIC drivers I had to remove and reinstall tcp/ip to make it work. Hope it helps! Good luck! __________________ P4C800-Deluxe (BIOS 1016) \| P4 2.6C SL6WS @ 3.3 \| 2*512MB Kingston HyperX 3500 (5:4) 2.5-3-3-7 \| ATI Radeon X800XL \| WD 60GB 7200 / WD 120GB 7200 8MB \| Memorex 16X DVD-Rom \| Sony DRU-530A ±R/±RW DVD Burner \| OCZ Powerstream 520 \| Thermaltake Tsunami Black \|Windows XP Pro SP1a
(Offline)

08-27-2004, 04:47 AM	#3
Island_Boy_77 Death to GW swindle! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Napier, New Zealand Posts: 8	Woohoo! Thanks for that! That was just the go. Boot time was REALLY slow after initial deletion of TCP/IP, but after I designated all the correct IP, DNS and Gateway settings and restarted, it was "Thunderbirds are go"! Cheers Peter
(Offline)

08-27-2004, 07:58 AM	#4
Dread Eddie would go Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,045	Wow... I got lucky that time I ran into the same thing after I updated my nic drivers after a fresh install. I dont even know why I thought about deleting tcp/ip and reinstalling it but I do remember writing that in my work log file for future reference. I also remember that it worked! Glad it fixed your problem! (and saved that poor innocent machine from being thrown through a window) __________________ P4C800-Deluxe (BIOS 1016) \| P4 2.6C SL6WS @ 3.3 \| 2*512MB Kingston HyperX 3500 (5:4) 2.5-3-3-7 \| ATI Radeon X800XL \| WD 60GB 7200 / WD 120GB 7200 8MB \| Memorex 16X DVD-Rom \| Sony DRU-530A ±R/±RW DVD Burner \| OCZ Powerstream 520 \| Thermaltake Tsunami Black \|Windows XP Pro SP1a
(Offline)

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode