UNSOLVED
Closed
8100 BIOS not recognizing NIC combo cards
Hi,
This is a cross-post, but it likely involves mainboard issues, so posting here too:
I have a fleet of six Inspiron 8100 laptops at work all with the built-in NIC/modem combo cards, all running 2000 SP4. Currently (and I just started this job two weeks ago, so not sure how long this has been going on) I cannot get any of the systems to recognize the NIC/modem. They do not show up in Device Manager. They also do not show up in the BIOS, just upgraded to A15, the Mini-PCI Device shows Not Installed. This is happening on all of the systems. Any ideas?
I do have other network access available via wireless PCMCIA cards.
This is a cross-post, but it likely involves mainboard issues, so posting here too:
I have a fleet of six Inspiron 8100 laptops at work all with the built-in NIC/modem combo cards, all running 2000 SP4. Currently (and I just started this job two weeks ago, so not sure how long this has been going on) I cannot get any of the systems to recognize the NIC/modem. They do not show up in Device Manager. They also do not show up in the BIOS, just upgraded to A15, the Mini-PCI Device shows Not Installed. This is happening on all of the systems. Any ideas?
I do have other network access available via wireless PCMCIA cards.
- Hello im new to this and i have a 8100 with the NIC combo Card and im running widows XP for rthe life of me i cannot get the laptop to regogize the card at all what is it called and the software for it my email address is Ozzman84@hotmail.com if you can help i would appreaciate the help
- Well, my problem turned out to be that the laptops didn't actually have the NIC card afterall. They ship with the sockets built-in even if the card isn't installed. You can open up the panel on the bottom of the unit to check for sure if you have it. The drivers can be downloaded from support.dell.com and should also be on your Dell Resouce CD if you have one.
boppo
2 Intern
•
4376 Posts
146
0
Posted May 17th, 2006 22:00