Re: P4P800 SE -- drivers for networking?

what does the device manager say regarding network devices?
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"Chris" <nojunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:nojunk-3001061153070001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I have just replaced the motherboard on my machine with a P4P800 SE. The
> existing Soltek motherboard crapped out after just over 2 years from new
> (conveniently out of warranty). Anyway, everything is running fine except
> for the networking.
>
> What I have is a Apple Mac that I use for all internet usage with an
> ethernet cable connected to the PC so I can transfer files. The PC worked
> via. a LAN connection in Windows 2000. As I understand, this is
> automatically configured the first time Windows boots up. The "detecting
> new hardware" dialog came up and told me that an ethernet controller was
> detected. So far so good. I then inserted the CD that came with the
> motherboard so that I could load the appropriate driver and Windows
> scanned through it to find the driver. Unfortunately the end result was
> that Windows said that it could not find any suitable driver ("what the
> f**k?"). I then went to the ASUS web site and downloaded what appeared to
> be the appropriate driver but still no go.
>
> Now this thing is supposed to have a Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit ethernet
> controller according to the manual, and indeed there is the ethernet port
> on the motherboard. The manual mentions that normally there is a hub
> connected to the port but in my case the cable is connected directly to
> the Macintosh computer and that worked fine before. I do not want to have
> to shell out and get a separate ethernet card! I'm sure I don't need to
> do that!
>
> So can anybody point me to the correct network drivers for this
> motherboard? Or tell me how you did it?
>
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris


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