PCI/PnP network

During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-Home
Based Adapter (this is the one found by my system). I
point to the directory where I had downloaded and
unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site, however,
during the installation it asks for some files missing
and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
files). I gave up after trying several times.

So, I would like to know
1. How to install the driver (can someone point to the
site with the correct driver?)
2. What is the correct path where all the files are on
the CD?
3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get rid of
the popup message.
4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide out
there (any sites)?

Thanks.



Jay

when you unzipped the drivers...were there subfolders?
eg. win95 ,winnt ,win98.... you may have to point the installer to the
proper folder (i've run into this with nic's alot)


"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:696001c3e687$234d0750$(E-Mail Removed)...
> During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
> Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
> going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-Home
> Based Adapter (this is the one found by my system). I
> point to the directory where I had downloaded and
> unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site, however,
> during the installation it asks for some files missing
> and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
> files). I gave up after trying several times.
>
> So, I would like to know
> 1. How to install the driver (can someone point to the
> site with the correct driver?)
> 2. What is the correct path where all the files are on
> the CD?
> 3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get rid of
> the popup message.
> 4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
> adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide out
> there (any sites)?
>
> Thanks.
>

Yes, there were three subfolder created (ndis3, ndis4,
and ndis5). So, the tree looked like:
1 PCnet_HOME
1.1 drivers
1.2 ndis
1.2.1 ndis3
1.2.2 ndis4
1.2.3 ndis5

During installation I pointed to these directories but
some files are not here, so it asks for Win98 CD, which
also did not have the files.

>-----Original Message-----
>when you unzipped the drivers...were there subfolders?
>eg. win95 ,winnt ,win98.... you may have to point the
installer to the
>proper folder (i've run into this with nic's alot)
>
>
>"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:696001c3e687$234d0750$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
>> Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
>> going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-Home
>> Based Adapter (this is the one found by my system). I
>> point to the directory where I had downloaded and
>> unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site, however,
>> during the installation it asks for some files missing
>> and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
>> files). I gave up after trying several times.
>>
>> So, I would like to know
>> 1. How to install the driver (can someone point to the
>> site with the correct driver?)
>> 2. What is the correct path where all the files are on
>> the CD?
>> 3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get rid
of
>> the popup message.
>> 4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
>> adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide out
>> there (any sites)?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>
>.
>

well for fun i downloaded the driver :>

it extracts to c:\pcnet_home

under that there is c:\pcnet_home\win9x\drivers

i think you downloaded the incorrect file...

my file = v21win9x.exe


"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6a4b01c3e691$ffd1ece0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, there were three subfolder created (ndis3, ndis4,
> and ndis5). So, the tree looked like:
> 1 PCnet_HOME
> 1.1 drivers
> 1.2 ndis
> 1.2.1 ndis3
> 1.2.2 ndis4
> 1.2.3 ndis5
>
> During installation I pointed to these directories but
> some files are not here, so it asks for Win98 CD, which
> also did not have the files.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >when you unzipped the drivers...were there subfolders?
> >eg. win95 ,winnt ,win98.... you may have to point the
> installer to the
> >proper folder (i've run into this with nic's alot)
> >
> >
> >"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:696001c3e687$234d0750$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
> >> Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
> >> going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-Home
> >> Based Adapter (this is the one found by my system). I
> >> point to the directory where I had downloaded and
> >> unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site, however,
> >> during the installation it asks for some files missing
> >> and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
> >> files). I gave up after trying several times.
> >>
> >> So, I would like to know
> >> 1. How to install the driver (can someone point to the
> >> site with the correct driver?)
> >> 2. What is the correct path where all the files are on
> >> the CD?
> >> 3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get rid
> of
> >> the popup message.
> >> 4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
> >> adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide out
> >> there (any sites)?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Thanks! I have the same file. Sorry, the tree I
mentioned before had Win9x also. So, when I try to
install and give the path of c:\pcnet_home\win9x, it
copies some files, then looks for some more and asks for
the Win98 CD, where it does not find the files (again the
path...don't know where it has all the .dlls). I browsed
and specified different paths, but it did not help. I
pointed back to c:\pcnet_home\win9x...again no luck. If
I cancel the installation and reboot, it complains that I
am missing nwlink.vxd file.

>-----Original Message-----
>well for fun i downloaded the driver :>
>
>it extracts to c:\pcnet_home
>
>under that there is c:\pcnet_home\win9x\drivers
>
>i think you downloaded the incorrect file...
>
>my file = v21win9x.exe
>
>
>"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:6a4b01c3e691$ffd1ece0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Yes, there were three subfolder created (ndis3, ndis4,
>> and ndis5). So, the tree looked like:
>> 1 PCnet_HOME
>> 1.1 drivers
>> 1.2 ndis
>> 1.2.1 ndis3
>> 1.2.2 ndis4
>> 1.2.3 ndis5
>>
>> During installation I pointed to these directories but
>> some files are not here, so it asks for Win98 CD, which
>> also did not have the files.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >when you unzipped the drivers...were there subfolders?
>> >eg. win95 ,winnt ,win98.... you may have to point the
>> installer to the
>> >proper folder (i've run into this with nic's alot)
>> >
>> >
>> >"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:696001c3e687$234d0750$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
>> >> Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
>> >> going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-
Home
>> >> Based Adapter (this is the one found by my
system). I
>> >> point to the directory where I had downloaded and
>> >> unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site,
however,
>> >> during the installation it asks for some files
missing
>> >> and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
>> >> files). I gave up after trying several times.
>> >>
>> >> So, I would like to know
>> >> 1. How to install the driver (can someone point to
the
>> >> site with the correct driver?)
>> >> 2. What is the correct path where all the files are
on
>> >> the CD?
>> >> 3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get
rid
>> of
>> >> the popup message.
>> >> 4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
>> >> adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide
out
>> >> there (any sites)?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>

That's why the card keeps installing, because you haven't completed the
installation. You will either need to get your hands on a Windows 98 CD, or
if you have the Windows Setup (CAB) files on your hard drive you can tell
the installer to look there for the 'missing' files. Until you complete the
installation it will keep running.

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"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6d2801c3e6a0$70e27130$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks! I have the same file. Sorry, the tree I
> mentioned before had Win9x also. So, when I try to
> install and give the path of c:\pcnet_home\win9x, it
> copies some files, then looks for some more and asks for
> the Win98 CD, where it does not find the files (again the
> path...don't know where it has all the .dlls). I browsed
> and specified different paths, but it did not help. I
> pointed back to c:\pcnet_home\win9x...again no luck. If
> I cancel the installation and reboot, it complains that I
> am missing nwlink.vxd file.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>well for fun i downloaded the driver :>
>>
>>it extracts to c:\pcnet_home
>>
>>under that there is c:\pcnet_home\win9x\drivers
>>
>>i think you downloaded the incorrect file...
>>
>>my file = v21win9x.exe
>>
>>
>>"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
>>news:6a4b01c3e691$ffd1ece0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Yes, there were three subfolder created (ndis3, ndis4,
>>> and ndis5). So, the tree looked like:
>>> 1 PCnet_HOME
>>> 1.1 drivers
>>> 1.2 ndis
>>> 1.2.1 ndis3
>>> 1.2.2 ndis4
>>> 1.2.3 ndis5
>>>
>>> During installation I pointed to these directories but
>>> some files are not here, so it asks for Win98 CD, which
>>> also did not have the files.
>>>
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >when you unzipped the drivers...were there subfolders?
>>> >eg. win95 ,winnt ,win98.... you may have to point the
>>> installer to the
>>> >proper folder (i've run into this with nic's alot)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >"Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>>> message
>>> >news:696001c3e687$234d0750$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> >> During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
>>> >> Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
>>> >> going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-
> Home
>>> >> Based Adapter (this is the one found by my
> system). I
>>> >> point to the directory where I had downloaded and
>>> >> unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site,
> however,
>>> >> during the installation it asks for some files
> missing
>>> >> and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
>>> >> files). I gave up after trying several times.
>>> >>
>>> >> So, I would like to know
>>> >> 1. How to install the driver (can someone point to
> the
>>> >> site with the correct driver?)
>>> >> 2. What is the correct path where all the files are
> on
>>> >> the CD?
>>> >> 3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get
> rid
>>> of
>>> >> the popup message.
>>> >> 4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
>>> >> adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide
> out
>>> >> there (any sites)?
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >.
>>> >
>>
>>
>>.
>>

First make certain you actually have the AMD net card.
Just because windows sees it as such doesn't mean it's
truly that specific card.
Take it out look at it and know for sure. It is not
possible for software to identify hardware. Windows will
guess if it can't find the PnP info properly. By the way,
windows rarely guesses well.

Kevin
>-----Original Message-----
>During bootup, a popup message keeps coming up...PCI
>Ethernet Controller (New Hardware found...). I keep
>going through the steps to install the AMD PCnet-Home
>Based Adapter (this is the one found by my system). I
>point to the directory where I had downloaded and
>unzipped the adapter files from the AMD site, however,
>during the installation it asks for some files missing
>and to insert Win98 CD (which also does not have the
>files). I gave up after trying several times.
>
>So, I would like to know
>1. How to install the driver (can someone point to the
>site with the correct driver?)
>2. What is the correct path where all the files are on
>the CD?
>3. If I cannot find/install the driver, how to get rid of
>the popup message.
>4. Pardon my ignorance, what all can I do with the
>adapter (if that gets installed)? Is there a guide out
>there (any sites)?
>
>Thanks.
>
>.
>