Is this 3c509 an add-on PCI card?  Because the Dell Optiplex GX260 ships with an integrated 1ntel(R) PRO/1000 MT NIC.
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Stephen Bogdanski           
Network Support
College of Veterinary Medicine
Michigan State University


>>> On 11/20/2007 at 1:02 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> So I have this gx260 with Win2K on it, or rather was Win2K 'till I
> stuffed XP on it.  A problem has cropped up which is weird: WinXP
> can't find the nic, an innocent 3c905c.  I've gone to the Dell site 
> and found the seemingly appropriate drivers, but no go.
> 
>    Googling about, I see on the Dell site a reference to the Dell
> Resource CD, v 5.02 or 5.03 I think.   I wonder if anyone has one
> that I could try that driver out on.  I remember a case  back in the
> days of the 166MHz GXMT's, where a driver on a CD was different
> and correct compared to the Dell site, thus my request.  ...I have
> XP licenses, blah blah, legal install, etc. ;-)
> 
>    Most maddening, XP not finding the nic...
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> STeve Andre'
> Political Science