Daedlus Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 (edited) Hi all,I am really stumped on this one. I have a working 3 com 3c2000-t NIC that I installed into a Compaq Evo D500 system, but I cannot get the card to work. Here is the details.System Specs:-P4 1.7GHz-768MB Ram-250GB 7200rpm HDD-NVIDIA Vanta 16-MB 4X AGP video card-Adaptec 29320 ultra 320 SCSI card with 2 75gb drives-USB 2.0 card-Running Windows Vista Business-Installed card, no link lights, so I reset the BIOS settings to defaults - No change-Installed card in another system(Also running Vista Business), link lights lit up - works good -Flashed the Bios to the newest version - No change.-The on board NIC works good.-Moved the card on the mobo-Updated the drivers within windows - No change.-If I set the system to boot from the network, the MOBO initializes the card and I get link lights as long as its looking for a DHCP server. then turns off-I can see the card in the bios as a boot option (specifically the 3com card)-Windows sees the card, however says it cannot load the drivers (error code 31)-The card needs a PCI 2.2 Slot, but according to this Link the mobo does have PCI 2.2Please Help, I am out of ideas and google was no help.Thanks in advance. Edited September 19, 2007 by Daedlus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puntoMX Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 As usual, Compaq messed up with there motherboard/BIOS design.The i845 chipset supports indeed PCI 2.2 so the chipset isn’t the problem.I would pull out all the PCI cards and see if it works then, but if the SCSI card is needed then try that one in a different sloth... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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