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Compaq Armada M700 Combo NIC driver problem
I have installed Win98SE on a Compaq Armada M700 laptop but cannot load
the drivers for the internal NIC. The NIC is a modem/NIC combo (part no. 1456VQL10H(INT)). I have downloaded and tried all of the drivers listed on http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...4_1009.html#17 I have also tried the SP12942 driver d/l from driverguide.com which is listed specifically for the 1456VQL10H combo NIC -- all without success. In Windows, under Control Panel/System/Device Manager, There are modem related devices listed under Network Adapters for which Windows has loaded the drivers but there are no NIC/Ethernet related drivers there. Under Unknown devices, there is an entry 'PCI Communication Device' listed. I have tried loading all the above drivers for this Unknown device, without success. It is unclear to me why, if this device is the NIC component of the combo card, it should be listed here rather than under Network Adapter. The BIOS config. does not appear to have a NIC enable/disable option... Any ideas? Thanks Tom Crane. -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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What OS was originally installed?
HH wrote in message ... I have installed Win98SE on a Compaq Armada M700 laptop but cannot load the drivers for the internal NIC. The NIC is a modem/NIC combo (part no. 1456VQL10H(INT)). I have downloaded and tried all of the drivers listed on http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...4_1009.html#17 I have also tried the SP12942 driver d/l from driverguide.com which is listed specifically for the 1456VQL10H combo NIC -- all without success. In Windows, under Control Panel/System/Device Manager, There are modem related devices listed under Network Adapters for which Windows has loaded the drivers but there are no NIC/Ethernet related drivers there. Under Unknown devices, there is an entry 'PCI Communication Device' listed. I have tried loading all the above drivers for this Unknown device, without success. It is unclear to me why, if this device is the NIC component of the combo card, it should be listed here rather than under Network Adapter. The BIOS config. does not appear to have a NIC enable/disable option... Any ideas? Thanks Tom Crane. -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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In comp.sys.laptops HH wrote:
What OS was originally installed? I don't know -- it came with an erased HD ;-( Tom. HH -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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Did you try the driver from Compaq? It's he
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/7792.html HH wrote in message ... In comp.sys.laptops HH wrote: What OS was originally installed? I don't know -- it came with an erased HD ;-( Tom. HH -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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Works wonders when you read the page
Did you try the driver from Compaq? It's he http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/7792.html HH wrote in message ... In comp.sys.laptops HH wrote: What OS was originally installed? I don't know -- it came with an erased HD ;-( Tom. HH -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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In comp.sys.laptops Sharmon wrote:
Works wonders when you read the page Indeed. I've tried the NIC diver on the URL below -- it is a link from their main list of drivers for the M700 which I gave in my first post. The thing that puzzles me is that the Windows device driver manager identifies no Network Adapters corresponding to the Ethernet card when it boots. If the H/W is present it should see it and prompt for the correct driver, if its not present on the Windows installer CD. Agreed? Tom Did you try the driver from Compaq? It's he http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/7792.html HH -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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Not always. Software (controllerless) modems often are not detected by
Windows at all, or at best as an "unknown" device in Device Manager. That may be true of your combo card as well. HH wrote in message ... In comp.sys.laptops Sharmon wrote: Works wonders when you read the page Indeed. I've tried the NIC diver on the URL below -- it is a link from their main list of drivers for the M700 which I gave in my first post. The thing that puzzles me is that the Windows device driver manager identifies no Network Adapters corresponding to the Ethernet card when it boots. If the H/W is present it should see it and prompt for the correct driver, if its not present on the Windows installer CD. Agreed? Tom Did you try the driver from Compaq? It's he http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/fi...load/7792.html HH -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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I have the same adapter (1456VQL10H(INT)) in an Armada M300. Still
can't get the darn thing to work. Has anyone gotten it to work. If so are there any tricks to it? |
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In comp.sys.laptops ITApprentice wrote:
I have the same adapter (1456VQL10H(INT)) in an Armada M300. Still can't get the darn thing to work. Has anyone gotten it to work. If so No. I gave up re; Ethernet and bought a cheap PCMCIA card instead. The modem part of the combo works OK. Tom. -- Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England. Email: Fax: +44 (0) 1784 472794 |
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