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    P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

    Acquired this motherboard as dead / stopped working one day - got it going by reflashing its BIOS chip

    Everything seems to be working, except on-board Atheros L2 network

    Testing with XP, tried all drivers from Asus download

    Also tried what I believe is very latest driver for XP, v2.5.7.16 from an ECS download - same version number as letting Windows update do its thing

    Problem is IP address will be allocated by some modems, but cannot Ping gateway address, much less connect to it with browser

    By some modems, I mean I've tried four different modems - some will not even assign IP address

    Modem I settled on for testing is Thomson TG782T updated with latest firmware

    Also cannot Ping if I assign IP address to Atheros, taking DHCP out of equation

    Have tried plugging in PCI SMC EtherEZ network card, making two network connections available - and if LAN cable plugged into SMC, no problems

    Also tried different LAN cables

    Finally tried downgrading BIOS to oldest available version for download, seeing third latest version mentions a fix for PXE problems

    Before giving up on Atheros, tried board with Windows 7

    Surprised to find it worked perfectly - also worked perfectly with Linux Mint 17.1

    - what's with XP and Atheros L2 ?

    Anyone have any insights ?
    better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
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    #2
    Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

    FWIW, I tried it with Vista, which also does not have Atheros L2 support built-in

    Used the same ECS driver Zip as above, and Vista worked perfectly too

    Pity XP won't accept, or be forced to accept, the NDIS 6.0 driver applicable to Vista

    Seems to me there's a fundamental problem with the NDIS 5.1 driver applicable to XP

    Does anyone have an Atheros L2 NIC working with XP ?
    better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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      #3
      Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

      I've had this issue with this board. There is nothing wrong with your OS. What did you update the BIOS to, 413? I had this same issue until I updated the BIOS. I had to use a floppy disk to update the BIOS since the BIOS update utility was not working for me.

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        #4
        Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

        As Pentium 4 said, use the latest BIOS 0413. It has Atheros OROM 1.0.20.20.

        The latest one is 1.0.20.22, but I couldn't replace it, because Asus used some sort of shrunken down version for this BIOS, and there isn't enough room for the stock OROM from Atheros.

        If you really want 1.0.20.22, I can replace it, but the only way to get it to fit is by removing some old microcodes.
        "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

        -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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          #5
          Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

          I started this saga with BIOS 0413, which is what I used to recover the board in the first place

          Then downgraded to 0207 after encountering LAN problems with XP

          I update BIOS from a USB key booting with DOS
          better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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            #6
            Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems



            Figures doesn't it - Attansic (Atheros) was a majority owned subsidiary of ASUSTek Computer

            What gets me is all the drivers I've tried are WHQL certified - what's necessary to get certified, pay M$ a fee ?
            Attached Files
            better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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              #7
              Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

              blame M$ for using the bios, it should contain whatever it needs like linux does.

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                #8
                Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

                Here you go. Try this combination of BIOS and driver, option rom 1.0.20.22 and Driver 2.6.7.17 (XP x86). Both are included in the zip.
                Attached Files
                Last edited by mockingbird; 03-12-2015, 10:11 PM.
                "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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                  #9
                  Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

                  Originally posted by mockingbird View Post
                  Try this combination of BIOS and driver
                  Thanks for your effort

                  Unfortunately no change with XP Pro - even did a clean install, to be 100% sure

                  Vista still works though
                  better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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                    #10
                    Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

                    pfrcom. What do you think was the cause of the first owner bad bios chip? , a mistake bad-flash or bios just got corrupted?
                    What kind of mounting has the Athero chip? BGA?
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                      #11
                      Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

                      Originally posted by Calchaqui View Post
                      pfrcom. What do you think was the cause of the first owner bad bios chip? , a mistake bad-flash or bios just got corrupted
                      I believe it just didn't work one day, so, BIOS just got corrupted - original owner gave me the board after buying a replacement P5B from me

                      Originally posted by Calchaqui View Post
                      What kind of mounting has the Athero chip? BGA?
                      Not BGA, the older type with fine leads from all four sides of the chip
                      better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt

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                        #12
                        Re: P5GC-MX/1333's Atheros L2 network weird problems

                        That's called a quad flat pack or QFP...

                        I'll see if I can replace it with an even newer Atheros OROM. IIRC, Atheors L2 can take the newer OROMs, unlike Atheros L1, which is a legacy PCI chip.
                        "We have offered them (the Arabs) a sensible way for so many years. But no, they wanted to fight. Fine! We gave them technology, the latest, the kind even Vietnam didn't have. They had double superiority in tanks and aircraft, triple in artillery, and in air defense and anti-tank weapons they had absolute supremacy. And what? Once again they were beaten. Once again they scrammed [sic]. Once again they screamed for us to come save them. Sadat woke me up in the middle of the night twice over the phone, 'Save me!' He demanded to send Soviet troops, and immediately! No! We are not going to fight for them."

                        -Leonid Brezhnev (On the Yom Kippur War)

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