3Com 3c90x card at fault? or motherboard?? or me??

[deng]

Just got a new machine: 733Mhz, 128Mb RAM, 20Gb HDD with a 3Com 3x90x. Installed NT 4.0 recently and was not connected to network. (device not working). So i tried another working 3Com card from the same family and even though drivers were installed, adapter was not wroking properly again! (But it worked on another machine that was W98). I tried intel card and same results. I will try it again but I'm starting to wonder if it could be the Motherboard or PCI slots that are tricky??

Help please....

 

[gonzo1269]

Just wondering what Service pack you have loaded? Most of the time Service pack 3 (minimum) needs to be installed. SP5 seems to be the best al-around build.


joe

 

[deng]

I have SP3 loaded on the NT server. Should I upload SP5 or can I use SP6a? Is there a difference?

Thanks...
Dee