See, I've got this M700 compaq armada from a friend to look at, and for whatever reasons, the NIC doesn't show up. I've got it hooked up to my cable with a good known cat5e cable and connection port on the router. It has WinXP installed. The NIC is attatched next to the modem port, so I am assuming that they are part of the same unit, which is a 56kflex modem by Lucent. Windows doesn't detect the NIC port, and I can't seem to find anything about it on my own.
This is where you all come into the mix. Suggestions? It's a 500mhz processor and 256mb of ram running XP. It has a new battery, and everything else seems to be in good working order.