Windows NT Etherlink III

[kpmwrestler]

I've got an IBM Thinkpad 380xd running windows NT server 4.0. My 3com etherlink III 3c589d-tp card won't work. In the control pannel, in pcmcia card, it recognizes it, but has a big red X on top of it. It says there is no driver installed. I downloaded the driver from the 3com site, and installed it, but no luck. Then I went to the ibm site and downloaded the pcmcia card driver from there and installed that driver, but it didn't work either. Any ideas?

[kpmwrestler]

Ok, I finally found the right drivers, but now it asks me for I/O adressing and IRQ. I researched a little and found that 0x300 is default for the i/o for the card and default irq is 10. I used those settings, then restarted, then went into the control pannel-network-services and installed the right services then in the protocols tab, I configured the tcp/ip to fit my router. Then I restarted again in hope that it work. But when I pinged my router it timed out all four times, and the internet doesn't work. I noticed that when I used to have windows 98 installed on the same computer with the same network card, the connector light turns on when the card is installed and working. 98 configured everything automatically for me. But the connector light is on when NT is at the blue loading screen, but at the login screen, it turns off. I think that I might need to get a program that will make the light turn on, and make the card work.

Also in control pannel-pc card now the card shows up with a big yellow question mark.

[mjc]

What does it say the problem is?

If you click on Properties for the device it should tell you what the problem with it is...

[kpmwrestler]

It says the device driver is installed and functioning properly, but if that was true, the question mark wouldn't be there, right?

[mjc]

Right...

There is nothing about resource conflicts, etc?

[kpmwrestler]

Not that I am aware of. Where would I find out about resource conflict?

[mjc]

It would be one of the tabs in the Properties field...in DM.

[kpmwrestler]

Oh, I just tried the card out in a dell laptop running xp. The card didn't work there either, so I tried out a different card (also a Etherlink III 3c589d-tp) that I had just found. That card didn't work either, so I plugged the ethernet cable straight into the ethernet adapter in the back of the laptop and it worked fine, so that means the connector to the card is bad, I am pretty sure. Thanks for your help though, I appreciate it.

[mjc]

That card didn't work either, so I plugged the ethernet cable straight into the ethernet adapter in the back of the laptop and it worked fine, so that means the connector to the card is bad, I am pretty sure.

It could also mean that there is some sort of conflict...

Have you tried disabling the onboard LAN in the BIOS?

[kpmwrestler]

no, but since the card didn't work with the dell either, but the cable worked in the dell, I am guessing it means the card connector cable doesn't work.

[mjc]

Could be..but as long as it connects now is all that counts.

[kpmwrestler]

Well, The dell isn't mine, so I will have to get another 3com network dongle, if they even make them anymore, or even just purchase a new card and dongle. Thanks for all the help.