3Com 3C905C-TX-M, 3C905C-TX manual Frequently Asked Questions, Question Answer

66CHAPTER 6: TROUBLESHOOTING AND DIAGNOSTICS

Frequently Asked Questions

Table 10 describes some common questions and answers about the 3C905C NIC.

For additional information about the NIC, see the text files located in the HELP directory on EtherDisk diskette 3 or go to the following 3Com World Wide Web site:

http://knowledgebase.3com.com/

Table 10 Frequently Asked Questions

Question	Answer
In Windows 95/98,	1	In the Device Manager, double-click Other Devices.
what if a yellow	2	Click PCI Ethernet Controller or the duplicate NIC entry.
exclamation point (!)
	3	Click Remove.
appears next to the
NIC name in the	4	Reboot your PC.
Device Manager?
In Windows 95/98,	1	Double-click the name of the NIC.
what if a red X appears	2	Select the General tab.
next to the NIC name	3	Make sure that Disable in this hardware profile is
in the Device
Manager?		not selected.
Why does the NIC	When Windows 95/98 is installed after the NIC has
install as a generic PCI	already been physically installed in the PC, Windows
Ethernet controller	95/98 may install the NIC as a generic PCI Ethernet
under Other Devices in	controller.
the Windows 95/98	To work around this problem, follow these steps:
Device Manager?
	1	In the Device Manager, double-click Other Devices.
	2	Click PCI Ethernet Controller, and then click Remove.
	3	Reboot your PC.
What if a red circle	If you enabled the 3Com icon to appear in the Windows
with a line through	system tray, and a red circle with a line through it appears
it appears over the	over the icon, the network link is lost (that is, the PC is no
3Com icon in my	longer physically connected to the network).
Windows system tray?	■	Check the cable between the NIC and the hub or
		switch. Make sure that it follows the appropriate cable
		specifications. See Appendix A.
	■	Make sure that the hub or switch is powered on.
	■	Reboot the PC.

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