p4pe-x -> can´t connect to internet or lan through 3com nic

i´ve purchased a new comp and decided to buy that mainboard, because i
had good experiences with asus mainboards. In fact that´s the first
time i have problems with an asus mainboard.

problem:

- i run my system on windows xp and it recognizes the 3com nic
properly without any problems. But still the internet is not
accessible. I really tried everything to get that thing work but
nothing helped. I installed all the drivers on the cd that came with
the mobo and all drivers from asus.com and intel.com i could get. I
tried 1004, 1005 and 1007 bios updates, but that didn´t solve my
problem. I´m not able to connect the internet at all(i´ve got a dsl
connection) and i´ve the same issue with lan.

- another problem(but minor problem) is that i can´t get the onboard
nic to work, but that wouldn´t bother me that much if i could at least
connect to the internet through an seperate nic.

the nic is alright and so is my internet connect(e.g. the cable), it
tested them successfully on other systems

i´m really desperate and i don´t have any clue what else to do...

Christopher wrote:

problem:

- i run my system on windows xp and it recognizes the 3com nic
properly without any problems. But still the internet is not
accessible. I really tried everything to get that thing work but
nothing helped.
i´m really desperate and i don´t have any clue what else to do...


Do you share the DSL thru a firewall or router?
- if no, are you getting an IP from the DSL?
- Does your DSL service register the MAC address (some do, but not all)
dose it register a host name (again, some do but not all)

Can you try connecting the "new" computer to the "old" computer either
thru the router or with a 'twisted' eithernet cable?

With the 'other' nic in the system, did you disable the 'on board' nic
in BIOS?