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Compex ReadyLINK RL2000A-PnP on Windows 98SE

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First post, by foxbat

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Hey, I have two such cards:

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BIOS of mainboard discovers both of them and lists under PnP devices:

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Windows 98SE on first boot after card installation in slot discovers them as well, installs drivers as 'NE2000 compatible' but after reboot cards is reported as unrecognized or faulty with wrong resources assigned by BIOS:

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which says that: 'The device is not working properly because BIOS in the device provides incorrect resources for the device (Code 9). Contact with the computer manufacturer for updated BIOS version.'

In other thread about the LAN chipset (Problem with Compex ReadyLINK RL2000 PCI/ISA PnP Ethernet cards) I found information that this cards must be setup by dedicated utility. I had downloaded and setup the cards. Tried both PnP and fixed non-PnP modes with same result. After reboot of Win98SE I can run rlaset.exe and it discovers the card without any problems. I run diagnostics, change and save settings:
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To avoid any conflicts with other cards only PCI VGA was present. Also tried all ISA slots on the board.

But still, Windows reports problem and I'm unable to run those cards.

Reply 1 of 1, by Grzyb

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Have you tried to set the I/O address and IRQ manually in Device Manager?
Especially the IRQ - Windows NE2000 driver is known to use IRQ 3 by default, which often causes problems.

Another idea would be to remove the NE2000 driver, and install the dedicated driver from Compex.

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