The Usotsuki Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 After a quick google my conclusion was "BIOS doesn't want me using this NIC" (apparently some HP computers do only allow certain NICs and refuse to allow others to be used), or am I being too cynical? If anyone wonders why I even bothered to post this, I'm planning to use this as a slightly-too-new retrocomputer, running PC DOS 7. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desiv Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 I'd try taking out the network card, then going into the BIOS and disabling as many onboard devices as you can. Then put the NIC back in and try it again. See if something is conflicting with the NIC... Good Luck.. desiv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 its just conflicting with a onboard doohicky, try disabling everything you dont use (like serial ports or floppy controllers etc) it was actually a bit of a pain in the ass when motherboards came with everything including the kitchen sink on it hogging up almost all traditional resources without a single card installed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 ...disabled everything until I think I accidentally disabled the VGA. I can't find the CMOS battery in this cramped thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Battery won't do much you need the 2 or 3 pim jumper darn near it to reset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Oy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Try finding a PCI video card to use on it to restore your VGA out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Perhaps, I have considered it. Not particularly important right now, though. *sigh* I'd rather faff with a late 486 or early Pentium. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osgeld Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 if finding a jumper is difficult, you will love a machine full of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 if finding a jumper is difficult, you will love a machine full of them Reminds me when I dug into my Commodore SL 80286. The machine had 4 sticks of RAM installed... So that count for the 1Mo I saw at boot, right? Well NO! According to the manual, the 1Mo of RAM were built in, and there was a jumper to switch the RAM connectors on. I move the jumper, and at boot... OMG, 5Mo of RAM! That computer had spent 20 years with 4/5 of his RAM unused. The power of jumpers, everybody. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Csonicgo Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 Reminds me when I dug into my Commodore SL 80286. The machine had 4 sticks of RAM installed... So that count for the 1Mo I saw at boot, right? Well NO! According to the manual, the 1Mo of RAM were built in, and there was a jumper to switch the RAM connectors on. I move the jumper, and at boot... OMG, 5Mo of RAM! That computer had spent 20 years with 4/5 of his RAM unused. The power of jumpers, everybody. If you think that's impressive, I met a computer whose entire branding would change if you moved a jumper, from Texas Instruments to Acer. I also met a Dell Optiplex that could change its model number and the Speed of the CPU from a jumper. Amazing stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 You're reminding me why plug n play OSes are a good thing! Troubleshooting resource conflicts so I could play games got me started with computers, but wow I don't miss it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 ...disabled everything until I think I accidentally disabled the VGA. I can't find the CMOS battery in this cramped thing ROTFL .... you have to admit that back in the days not only were the games brutal but the HW they ran on matched. Any tiny little mistake and you'd lose a life ... almost literally. Wrong BIOS setting? Bye bye video. Wrong jumper? Zap BIOS. Wrong cabling? ..... somebody ordered a new motherboard here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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