WTF my NIC is gone...

[NxB]

I disabled my onboard VIA Rhine II nic to check something and now I can't find it. Doesn't show up in windows, doesn't show up in linux. Can't find the setting for it in bios anymore. WTF?! I put in another card so I'm back up but its kind of puzzling me. Did the chip just die? Anyone seen this before? Any diag tools or firmware for via nics?

[jpdoe]

Re: WTF my NIC is gone...

If you disabled it using the BIOS settings, it won't show up on windows or linux until you enable it in the BIOS.
I guess clearing the BIOS using a jumper will solve your problems.

[NxB]

Re: WTF my NIC is gone...

was disabled in windows though. I thought about clearing the jumper for bios, I should see what it does

[NxB]

Re: WTF my NIC is gone...

That fixed it, lost my oc settings but I can put those back.

[jpdoe]

Re: WTF my NIC is gone...

>> was disabled in windows though.

That's odd. Given the fact that I don't feel comfortable with overclocked PCs, I'll blame the overclocking

[NxB]

Re: WTF my NIC is gone...

Probably the overclocking and via chipset. I learned about via and agp drive settings recently, kinda soured me on them.