Newbie: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe BIOS question

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Hi,
I think I have Award 6.0 BIOS with my A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo. Can you
"disable" the built-in LAN on this mobo via the BIOS ? Can you configure
the NIC card at all on this BIOS ? Thanks so much in advance.
Steve

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"steve h." <ugandasteve@ugandayahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I think I have Award 6.0 BIOS with my A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo. Can you
> "disable" the built-in LAN on this mobo via the BIOS ? Can you configure
> the NIC card at all on this BIOS ? Thanks so much in advance.
> Steve
>
> --

Configure the Nic?

Yes you can turn them off.

What types of "Configuration" do you need?

 

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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:44:59 GMT, rstlne <.@text.news.virgin.net> wrote:

>
> "steve h." <ugandasteve@ugandayahoo.com> wrote in message
> newspsbyf73ybcgfbb0@g9sbk21.scmhc.local...
>> Hi,
>> I think I have Award 6.0 BIOS with my A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo. Can
>> you
>> "disable" the built-in LAN on this mobo via the BIOS ? Can you configure
>> the NIC card at all on this BIOS ? Thanks so much in advance.
>> Steve
>>
>> --
>
> Configure the Nic?
>
> Yes you can turn them off.
>
> What types of "Configuration" do you need?
>
>

I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo. The NIC
card is being recognized but I cannot configure it correctly for either a
direct connection to my cable modem or a connection to my D-Link router.
Any suggestions about the BIOS or otherwise ? Thanks again.

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steve h. wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:44:59 GMT, rstlne <.@text.news.virgin.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> "steve h." <ugandasteve@ugandayahoo.com> wrote in message
>> newspsbyf73ybcgfbb0@g9sbk21.scmhc.local...
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I think I have Award 6.0 BIOS with my A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo.
>>> Can you
>>> "disable" the built-in LAN on this mobo via the BIOS ? Can you configure
>>> the NIC card at all on this BIOS ? Thanks so much in advance.
>>> Steve
>>>
>>> --
>>
>>
>> Configure the Nic?
>>
>> Yes you can turn them off.
>>
>> What types of "Configuration" do you need?
>>
>>
>
> I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo. The
> NIC card is being recognized but I cannot configure it correctly for
> either a direct connection to my cable modem or a connection to my
> D-Link router. Any suggestions about the BIOS or otherwise ? Thanks again.
>
Is this possibly related to the VPD info missing in the 1GHz nic
equipped Asus boards? There is a patch available that allows the Linux
OS to recognize this NIC and work with it.
The patch is something "sk98lin".

 

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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:19:30 GMT, stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net>
wrote:

> steve h. wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:44:59 GMT, rstlne <.@text.news.virgin.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "steve h." <ugandasteve@ugandayahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> newspsbyf73ybcgfbb0@g9sbk21.scmhc.local...
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I think I have Award 6.0 BIOS with my A7N8X-E Deluxe mobo.
>>>> Can you
>>>> "disable" the built-in LAN on this mobo via the BIOS ? Can you
>>>> configure
>>>> the NIC card at all on this BIOS ? Thanks so much in advance.
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Configure the Nic?
>>>
>>> Yes you can turn them off.
>>>
>>> What types of "Configuration" do you need?
>>>
>>>
>> I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo. The
>> NIC card is being recognized but I cannot configure it correctly for
>> either a direct connection to my cable modem or a connection to my
>> D-Link router. Any suggestions about the BIOS or otherwise ? Thanks
>> again.
>>
> Is this possibly related to the VPD info missing in the 1GHz nic
> equipped Asus boards? There is a patch available that allows the Linux
> OS to recognize this NIC and work with it.
> The patch is something "sk98lin".

I think you are right, the url for the download is below:

http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/d0102_driver.html


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steve h. wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:19:30 GMT, stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net>
> wrote:
---snip---
>>> I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo.
>>> The NIC card is being recognized but I cannot configure it
>>> correctly for either a direct connection to my cable modem or a
>>> connection to my D-Link router. Any suggestions about the BIOS or
>>> otherwise ? Thanks again.
>>>
>> Is this possibly related to the VPD info missing in the 1GHz nic
>> equipped Asus boards? There is a patch available that allows the
>> Linux OS to recognize this NIC and work with it.
>> The patch is something "sk98lin".
>
>
> I think you are right, the url for the download is below:
>
> http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/d0102_driver.html
>
Please let us know if that is the solution to the problem and any info
on how it worked or what you had to do to make it work.

 

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"stanmc" <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> steve h. wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:19:30 GMT, stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net>
> > wrote:
> ---snip---
> >>> I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo.
> >>> The NIC card is being recognized but I cannot configure it
> >>> correctly for either a direct connection to my cable modem or a
> >>> connection to my D-Link router. Any suggestions about the BIOS or
> >>> otherwise ? Thanks again.
> >>>
> >> Is this possibly related to the VPD info missing in the 1GHz nic
> >> equipped Asus boards? There is a patch available that allows the
> >> Linux OS to recognize this NIC and work with it.
> >> The patch is something "sk98lin".
> >
> >
> > I think you are right, the url for the download is below:
> >
> > http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/d0102_driver.html
> >
> Please let us know if that is the solution to the problem and any info
> on how it worked or what you had to do to make it work.

Ok, will do. I'm struggling with a CD burner project right now.

 

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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 15:09:13 GMT, stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net>
wrote:

> steve h. wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:19:30 GMT, stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net>
>> wrote:
> ---snip---
>>>> I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo.
>>>> The NIC card is being recognized but I cannot configure it
>>>> correctly for either a direct connection to my cable modem or a
>>>> connection to my D-Link router. Any suggestions about the BIOS or
>>>> otherwise ? Thanks again.
>>>>
>>> Is this possibly related to the VPD info missing in the 1GHz nic
>>> equipped Asus boards? There is a patch available that allows the
>>> Linux OS to recognize this NIC and work with it.
>>> The patch is something "sk98lin".
>> I think you are right, the url for the download is below:
>> http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/d0102_driver.html
>>
> Please let us know if that is the solution to the problem and any info
> on how it worked or what you had to do to make it work.

Ok, another dumb newbie question: how do I insert the patch into the
kernel during installation ? I need a step by step explanation, being a
newbie. Thank you so much for your time.
Steve



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stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:<tCOOc.2573$uC7.869@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>...
> steve h. wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 16:19:30 GMT, stanmc <stanmcn0spam@ameritech.net>
> > wrote:
> ---snip---
> >>> I am having trouble getting Mandrake 9.2 OS to work with my mobo.
> >>> The NIC card is being recognized but I cannot configure it
> >>> correctly for either a direct connection to my cable modem or a
> >>> connection to my D-Link router. Any suggestions about the BIOS or
> >>> otherwise ? Thanks again.
> >>>
> >> Is this possibly related to the VPD info missing in the 1GHz nic
> >> equipped Asus boards? There is a patch available that allows the
> >> Linux OS to recognize this NIC and work with it.
> >> The patch is something "sk98lin".
> >
> >
> > I think you are right, the url for the download is below:
> >
> > http://www.syskonnect.com/syskonnect/support/driver/d0102_driver.html
> >
> Please let us know if that is the solution to the problem and any info
> on how it worked or what you had to do to make it work.

very late update: after I jiggered the configuration program for a
while in MDK 9.2, it finally recognized my NIC card andn it worked
fine.