A friend had a machine "repaired" by one of the local companies. In this case, repair seems to mean sell them a new mobo, cpu, ram, hdd - but not to install Windows.
While trying to install XP Home (this is the software they have a license for), I notice that the bios recognises the lan as a series of Docking Stations - Windows also adds new Hardware of this type.
I've tried installing PCI ethernet cards, but they also get recognised by the BIOS as docking stations - and if I try and use the appropriate ethernet driver on the "docking station", I get a blue screen.
Does anyone have any clues as to what's going on here, and how I can get the Network Adapter installed?
Have you installed the correct drivers for this mobo? You can get them here:
http://www.foxconnchannel.com/support/downloads.aspx?ProductModel=845GV4MR-ES&TypeID=en-us0000004
I've used these with XP Pro and everything works. You have to install the chipset driver before the others. Also, do you have the onboard network adapter enabled in the BIOS?
Addendum:
I've just reread your post and I think I might have misunderstood the problem. Do you mean that there is a reference to docking stations in your BIOS setup? If this is the case, my first step would be to Load Default Settings in BIOS setup then, if thet didn't work, I would clear the CMOS memory. There's a jumper for this on the mobo. Alternatively (or as well) there's an option in BIOS setup to Clear Configuration Data (or something like it).
The final, and rather ominous, possibility is that you have a faulty mobo or the wrong BIOS - but let's not go there yet! (For what it's worth, the current BIOS version on the Foxconn website is 461XP219. It works for me.)
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