[ale] weird bios problem

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Geoffrey wrote:

> I was digging through the bios and found a setting under 'PCI control' 
> that is grayed out but says 'Network adapters   [Disabled]'.  Now my 
> assumption is that would apply to the nic on the mb, but I can not get 
> this thing to toggle on.  There is a dip switch on the mb that disables 
> ethernet, but I've toggled it both ways, no difference.

I was able to resolve the 'Disabled' issue by setting the bios to the 
default settings.  Still, the on board nic is recognized, configured, 
but does not function.  Further, I can't get it to 'see' a pci nic added 
to the box either.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net

Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft