Re: P4P800 SE -- drivers for networking?



Jim,

There is no other ethernet card -- but if the Marvell chip is dead I'll
hit the dealer up for an ethernet card because I had bought the last
socket 478 board I could find in the city and they don't make them
anymore.

Chris

In article <to6dnWrYwaSxJ0DenZ2dnUVZ_sSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "BigJim"
<woody10277@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> after doing some more thinking you might have a conflict with the
> two Ethernet connections, btw it does have a Marvell lan.
> try taking out your other card and see if it will install then.
>
> "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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