[ale] weird bios problem

[Frank Z.]

> I've got an older ibm box that I'm trying to resurrect (p200).  It 
has a 
> nic on the mb which is recognized and properly configured, but never 
> works.  I just figured it was bad.  Anyway, I've tried dropping in 
both 
> a wireless pci card as well as a pci nic, no go.
> 
> I was digging through the bios and found a setting under 'PCI 
control' 
> that is grayed out but says 'Network adapters   [Disabled]'.  Now my 
> assumption is that would apply to the nic on the mb, but I can not 
get 
> this thing to toggle on.  There is a dip switch on the mb that 
disables 
> ethernet, but I've toggled it both ways, no difference.
> 
> So, I'm now wondering if this is why the on board nic is not 
> functioning?  I figured if the bios says it's disabled, then the OS 
> would never see it.
> 
> Anyone had similar experiences?  The box probably isn't worth $25 but 
> I'd just like to get past this.  (anal kind a thing isn't it???)
> 

Is the BIOS maintained by a battery? If so, could the battery be old? 
Can you clear the BIOS and reset? If the feature is available, can you 
change to boot NIC first and see what happens?


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