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thomasp · Guest

hi there,

i'm trying to install the driver for the onboard LAN controller on a
K7S5A V3.1 running windows 2000 sp3. after checking the ECS site, i
downloaded their driver 1.16 for SIS 900 PCI ethernet controller.
the onboard LAN function in BIOS features is enabled and the device
manager shows me an unknown ethernet controller and pops up the
installation wizard.

however, every time i try to install this driver, i get a
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. after reboot either i get another
bluescreen at system start or the system boots normally and i can see
on the device properites page that the driver couldn't be loaded (code
31).

seems to me that's the wrong driver or what? according to the ECS
webpage however it is the only type of driver they offer for the K7S5A
how to solve this? just trying to revive a spare machine here that was
stripped of it's old 3com ethernet adapter.

any pointers appreciated
thomas

Kyle · Guest

What IRQs are being shared? What BIOS version are you using?
Enabling the APIC (via Honeyx BIOS or other altered BIOS) might help,
but may force a reinstall of win2kl, it all depends on your current
setup.

See this page for APIC setup info:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.elitegroup/browse_frm/thread/6025e10f719c88f7/282f300bd8fc9d47?lnk=st&q=apic+k7s5a+win2k&rnum=4&hl=en#282f300bd8fc9d47

also, search around here for more help:

http://p199.ezboard.com/bk7s5amotherboardforum

Another thought is to toggle the "PNP OS" setting in the BIOS and see
if that helps. Sounds like an IRQ conflict or a driver problem.
Here's a long shot also, slow the cpu down to 100/100 and see if that
helps. Had a system with an SBLive that liked being in only 1 slot,
flashed a BIOS upgrade, the IRQ mapping got changed, had to change the
SBLive to a "good" slot. I note the SBLive simply was not detected
tho, no IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL error.

--
Best regards,
Kyle
"thomasp" <thomas.pecht@gmx.de> wrote in message
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| hi there,
|
| i'm trying to install the driver for the onboard LAN controller on a
| K7S5A V3.1 running windows 2000 sp3. after checking the ECS site, i
| downloaded their driver 1.16 for SIS 900 PCI ethernet controller.
| the onboard LAN function in BIOS features is enabled and the device
| manager shows me an unknown ethernet controller and pops up the
| installation wizard.
|
| however, every time i try to install this driver, i get a
| DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL. after reboot either i get another
| bluescreen at system start or the system boots normally and i can
see
| on the device properites page that the driver couldn't be loaded
(code
| 31).
|
| seems to me that's the wrong driver or what? according to the ECS
| webpage however it is the only type of driver they offer for the
K7S5A
| how to solve this? just trying to revive a spare machine here that
was
| stripped of it's old 3com ethernet adapter.
|
| any pointers appreciated
| thomas
|

Eric Wolfe · Guest

Kyle's advice to swap slots will probably solve your problem but I would
also try a LAN driver that came on the Motherboard CD just to be sure. The
fact that it "sort of" sees the driver/device combo tells me that maybe
you've got the wrong driver. Someone here could email you the driver than
came with the CD. IIRC, there were several different network chips used in
various versions of that board, and some respond to the "almost right"
driver exactly the way you describe.

--
Eric

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thomasp · Guest

thanks for your advice guys. i got it sorted out in the meantime - i
was indeed picking the wrong driver, windows did a good job at
promoting the wrong one. also note the difference between "SIS 900 PCI
ethernet..." and "SIS 900 PCI-based ethernet...". the latter is the
right one.

thanks,
thomas

Eric Wolfe · Guest

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