[pchelpers] Re: Help Missing File

Quite possibly that old motherboard does not support plug and pray
(that's what we uset to call it in the win 95 days). Try to find a card
with jumpers, or see if any other devices on the system are working as
plug and play.

John Ford wrote:
> 
> Bevan,
> 
> It is a network card by Linksys and it is a plug and play card. I am
> installing it on a very old motherboard made by the AST Computer
> company. It
> used to have a 486 SX processor but has been upgraded to a Pentium
> Overdrive
> to a speed of 75 Mhz. I have the drivers that came with the card and
> the
> card does not have jumpers that I can see on the card. According to
> the
> manual it is supposed to be setup via software. I am surprised as it
> is an
> ISA card. Maybe because it is Plug and Play maybe they don't need
> jumpers
> because it is Plug and Play. This is all the information I presently
> have.
> Thanks for the info about the file.
> 
> John F
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pchelpers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bevan Edwards
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 4:07 PM
> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: Help Missing File
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Well, first of all, the file is actually winipcfg (with an 'i' not a
> 'y').
> It believe it gets installed as part of win98's standard install, but
> that
> may be only if you have networking configured on your machine.
> 
> So, what type of card are you trying to install?
> Do you have the drivers for it?
> Which slot(s) have you tried it in?
> Is it a configurable card - ie does it have jumpers on the card
> (unlikely
> these days) or is it plug & play?
> 
> Finally, what type of machine (motherboard & CPU) are you installing
> it in?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bevan
> 
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