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by rick.philips9 1 view

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I have a dual boot (win 98 and nt 4 SP6) Partitioning is as follows. C: 125M for boot files
D: win98 (fat32) e: winNT (NTFS) The box has a 3com 3c905b TX NIC that works just fine in win98. In NT, I loaded the driver from the 3com site with the /diag switch. The nic diags pass ok. (Nic test and network test) When I install the card from the network "Adapter Add" the driver loads and NT tells me "Card not found in system" Several hours and many re-re-reboots later. HELP?

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by amr_ahmed40

Hi,

1. Check how ur system is managing IRQ's. Let it be set to auto in your BIOS.

2. Remove the card.

3. Install SP6 again.

4. Reinstall card - in different slot. This forces the registry not to use the same settings it had for the previous installation.

5. Download latest drivers from 3COM web site.

by vh_s

Wrong installation procedure.

3Com 3C905B-TX requires you not to install this card into the computer yet. Run Windows / WinNT, and there is a small program that need to be run before you plug in the network card. Something called like: preinst (??). It do some preinstallation thing.

Shutdown. Plug in the network card. Turn the computer on. Install the remainder.

I find this network card quite nasty. But some people just love products from 3Com.

Hope that helps.

vh_s

by rick.philips9

I didn't actually try this yet, but it seems like a reasonable approach. I didn't need to do this the last time I lost a drive and started over but, what's a few tech-points among friends.

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