hello
i got a p3 800(e) on a gigabye main board - ati 9200 agp video - 448 ram - 8 gig hdd - 20 gig hdd - 5.1 sound - win98 se
i got a new nic card and it installed fine windows says all works ok - but i can noit get a ip address for the interent - all i got is a 169 address - i have tried 3 cards in the system and all the same luck - i tried my nic from my main system and it works - i also tried to hook up my motorola surfmodem to the 800 via usb and with no luk to get it on the net - the only nic that worked is bacn in my main rig - and i can not get any other nic to work at all - any ideas ? this is beyond annoying
i got a p3 800(e) on a gigabye main board - ati 9200 agp video - 448 ram - 8 gig hdd - 20 gig hdd - 5.1 sound - win98 se
i got a new nic card and it installed fine windows says all works ok - but i can noit get a ip address for the interent - all i got is a 169 address - i have tried 3 cards in the system and all the same luck - i tried my nic from my main system and it works - i also tried to hook up my motorola surfmodem to the 800 via usb and with no luk to get it on the net - the only nic that worked is bacn in my main rig - and i can not get any other nic to work at all - any ideas ? this is beyond annoying