Nforce2 onboard NIC won't install properly

[Manfordjinsen]

I've just upgraded a computer here with a new motherboard, ram and processor, reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install of windows 98SE. The problem is I can't get the Nforce2 drivers to install properly I've reformatted it twice now, installed the drivers about 50 times, installed updated drivers, but I always get a yellow ! beside the network card under the device manager.

Specs:
Aopen AK79G-VN
AMD 2500+ "Barton"
256MB pc2100 value ram
300w power supply
Onboard video/sound/NIC
Windows 98SE

if anyone has any sugestions thanks in advance.

[SiliconJon]

Well, if you've tried to install the drivers that many times, this may not help...but here's a wack at it:

Remove the device in Windows device manager.

Reboot

When the found new hardware pops up, point it [browse] to the NIC's drivers on the CD that came with the motherboard. If it will not let you browse, cancel and locate the directory manually from windows after it boots. Take note, remove the device again, reboot, and this time type the path manually in the driver location box.

Be sure to get the right driver, as many motherboard driver discs contain multitudes of drivers not intended for your specific model. Find out the exact IC model number of the onboard NIC and be sure the drivers selected are for that model.

If that doesn't work...post and maybe someone or I can come up with another attempt.

Also, not sure if that model uses nVidia's chipset drivers for that NIC or a seperate driver...

[SiliconJon]

At the end of this page: http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloa...nguage=English

is a driver pack for 98, and an older version is on the next page [2]. Perhaps trying either of those will help as well.

Still no? Update the BIOS...http://download.aopen.com.tw/downloa...=BIOS&selpage=