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thomasp

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:21 pm
Post subject: K7S5A - onboard LAN problem
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hi there,

i'm trying to install the driver for the onboard LAN controller on a
K7S5A V3.1 running windows 2000 sp3. after checking the ECS site, i
downloaded their driver 1.16 for SIS 900 PCI ethernet controller.
the onboard LAN function in BIOS features is enabled and the device
manager shows me an unknown ethernet controller and pops up the
installation wizard.

however, every time i try to install this driver, i get a
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. after reboot either i get another
bluescreen at system start or the system boots normally and i can see
on the device properites page that the driver couldn't be loaded (code
31).

seems to me that's the wrong driver or what? according to the ECS
webpage however it is the only type of driver they offer for the K7S5A
how to solve this? just trying to revive a spare machine here that was
stripped of it's old 3com ethernet adapter.

any pointers appreciated
thomas

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:31 pm
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http://www.sis.com/download/

you can get the latest driver from sis.


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Eric Wolfe

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:59 pm
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Kyle's advice to swap slots will probably solve your problem but I would
also try a LAN driver that came on the Motherboard CD just to be sure. The
fact that it "sort of" sees the driver/device combo tells me that maybe
you've got the wrong driver. Someone here could email you the driver than
came with the CD. IIRC, there were several different network chips used in
various versions of that board, and some respond to the "almost right"
driver exactly the way you describe.

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"thomasp" <thomas.pecht DeleteThis @gmx.de> wrote in message
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> hi there,
>
> i'm trying to install the driver for the onboard LAN controller on a
> K7S5A V3.1 running windows 2000 sp3. after checking the ECS site, i
> downloaded their driver 1.16 for SIS 900 PCI ethernet controller.
> the onboard LAN function in BIOS features is enabled and the device
> manager shows me an unknown ethernet controller and pops up the
> installation wizard.
>
> however, every time i try to install this driver, i get a
> DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. after reboot either i get another
> bluescreen at system start or the system boots normally and i can see
> on the device properites page that the driver couldn't be loaded (code
> 31).
>
> seems to me that's the wrong driver or what? according to the ECS
> webpage however it is the only type of driver they offer for the K7S5A
> how to solve this? just trying to revive a spare machine here that was
> stripped of it's old 3com ethernet adapter.
>
> any pointers appreciated
> thomas
>
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thomasp

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Apr 03, 2006 12:44 am
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thanks for your advice guys. i got it sorted out in the meantime - i
was indeed picking the wrong driver, windows did a good job at
promoting the wrong one. also note the difference between "SIS 900 PCI
ethernet..." and "SIS 900 PCI-based ethernet...". the latter is the
right one.

thanks,
thomas
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 4:37 pm
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"thomasp" <thomas.pecht.RemoveThis@gmx.de> wrote in message
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> thanks for your advice guys. i got it sorted out in the meantime - i
> was indeed picking the wrong driver, windows did a good job at
> promoting the wrong one. also note the difference between "SIS 900 PCI
> ethernet..." and "SIS 900 PCI-based ethernet...". the latter is the
> right one.

Yeah - I knew to check the driver because the same thing has happened to me
before because Windows will select the wrong one by default. Good that you
got it going again. IIRC, I succeeded in getting a partial install that
worked enough to be recognized by the system but not enough to actually move
data between machines! Boy did *that* drive me crazy until I figured it
out.

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