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March 12th, 2009 10:00
disable Integrated NIC
I have a Dimension 350 with Bios ver. A01. The integrated NIC has been dead for a few years now and I have been using a PCI NIC since. Just now the on board battery died and in the process reset the BIOS. Now at boot up I get a NIC Failure notice and the system just hangs. There is no place in the BIOS to disable the integrated NIC that I can see. I checked under integrated devices - nothing. The system can't get past recognizing the dead integrated nic to see that it has a good one elsewhere. I did check and swapped out the pci nic for another just to make sure it too wasn't dead. The same results occurred with the substitute nic. What am I missing? how to I get around this?
jackshack
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March 12th, 2009 11:00
I always hesitate to give advice based on Dell documentation as I've found numerous mistakes. According to the on-line user's guide, however, you should have an option to disable the onboard NIC under the heading of "Integrated Devices".
Jraesly
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March 12th, 2009 11:00
It actually is a Precision 350. I don't follow where the "advanced screen peripheral settings option" is. I don't see it in the Bios screen.
Davet50
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March 12th, 2009 11:00
Ah totally different system
but according to the info listed HERE under the system setup options there should be an option in the bios to enable/disable the NIC
Davet50
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March 12th, 2009 11:00
It should be listed under the advanced screen peripheral setting option(its a pdf so give it a min to open . You do have a V350 dimenson correct?
Jraesly
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March 12th, 2009 12:00
Yup, that's what I found too, but my bios doesn't have a NIC Devise in the line of items. The only NIC information that I can find in my BIOS is in the PCI IRQ Assignments. It lists my good NIC card there. I'm half tempted to update the bios. I hate doing it but I might not have any other option.