I tried vailnly to download the network driver for the onboard NIC on my OptiPlex GX1(1CJ4Z). I tried the different network drivers listed in Dell's support page. But none of them worked. Any help to solve the driver problem will be appreciated!
EtherCD v5.4 Disk 1 of 2 for the 3C90x Adapter Family. Notes: This disk contains drivers for NetWare, WFW, Win95, Win98, Win NT, WinME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. There are NO GUI Diagnostics.
I was having a similar problem, and the only driver of the one's listed that would install caused my windows xp to not boot; I had to go into safe mode and uninstall the nic just to get windows to boot again. Any suggestions as to why this happened?
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Posted May 2nd, 2005 13:00
The NIC in the GX1 is a 3C90x Equivalent.
http://www.3com.com/products/en_US/result.jsp?selected=5&sort=effdt&order=desc&sku=3C905B-TX-NM
EtherCD v5.4 Disk 1 of 2 for the 3C90x Adapter Family. Notes: This disk contains drivers for NetWare, WFW, Win95, Win98, Win NT, WinME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. There are NO GUI Diagnostics.
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/3c90x1.exe
EtherCD v5.4 Disk 2 of 2 for the 3C90x Adapter Family. Disk 2 contains DOS ODI and NDIS drivers, Packet driver, Help files, and DOS Diagnostics.
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/3c90x2.exe
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux.htm