[clug] bios upgrade needed?

[RacHagema at netscape.net]

Looks like that's it.

The card uses PCI 2.2 while the motherboard is an Abit Ab-bx6 which only uses PCI 1.0 as far as I can tell.

I'll need a new motherboard ;)

Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote:

>RacHagema at netscape.net wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> I've been having some problems installing a wireless pci lan card and
>> I have a suspicion that the bios needs to be upgraded since the
>> machine I'm putting it into is old.
>> 
>> The wireless card is 802.11g and uses an atheros chipset.
>> 
>> The bios is Award modular Bios v4.51PG from 1999.
>> 
>> Does anyone know where I can download an upgrade or some other work
>> around for this problem?
>
>I had some issues with an 802.11g card and an older machine a while ago.
>From memory, the card implemented a new version of the PCI spec which
>wasn't supported by the machine.
>
>Check the packaging for the card. What version of PCI does it need?
>
>Mikal
>
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>
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>http://www.stillhq.com            |  the earth"
>UTC + 10                          |    -- The Simpsons
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