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by thebigbash

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I have a server that is currently nt 4. It has an inboard nic and an installed nic. the inboard nic has been disabled at the factory for some reason and I need to enable it to migrate to win 2000. Any help would be appreciated!!

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by o-o-o

I assume you've checked the BIOS for a way to enable it? If it's enables there, check device manager to see if it is disabled there.

Good luck!
Hope I've helped.

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by hinrgman

You have to enter your bios settings to enable this onboard NIC. You may need to get the drivers for that onboard NIC from the manufacturer of the server. If this is not the solution please supply more info and we can help you better.

by bkinsey1

Probably correct that it's disabled in BIOS. *COULD* be disabled at the device level in NT, but that would be strange if it came that way.

by bluhippo

Under setup in the BIOS you will see NIC "ON" or "OFF". On means the on board card is active. OFF means it is inactive for you to use the installed card. Simlpy change this setting and you will have to reconfigure you TCP/IP settings with the new NIC. Good Luck

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