All seems to work on the upgrade, but with the 2 old CDdrives and 2 floppies it is still crowded in there, despite the roomier new box from the municibal dump.

Now Networking again.
I managed before the XP to 98, when all said forget it get another XP, now that I have two XPs can I get networking? NO.

Please do'nt say now "get another Asus".

The new Asus installs various LAN options, Nvidia, Marvel, Yougon etc adaptors, and in a strange way networks the old XP PC mobo which has no LAN support but has an ethernet card fitted.
This networking, still with the old crossover cable
a) is slower than the one achieved on XP to 98 &
b) With broadband installed on the Asus, the old PC
  will not ICS to the it.
  BUT oddly enough, when I move the broadband to the
  old PC, Asus networks to the broadband !.

I installed an ethernet card on the Asus, but unfortunately there is no way I can get it to install "32bit PCI 10/100M Ethernet Adapter" drivers for it, like on the other XP PC.
They are no where to be found now. Where the heck did they come from in the first place, there was no driver floppy with the ethernet cards so they must have come from within  the same XPsp2.

Any help on these?                   luke

PS.
is there any way to transfer my ID / password and what Simviation needs to recognise me on the new PC?
I put in the "luke" and the password No. I used originally on the old PC, but is not recognised.

WOOOPS disregard, I put the Nos in capitals, silly me!

Where is the nVidia driver package? in the Asus CDdrive? I run all that lot and "32bit PCI 10/100M Ethernet Adapter"  would have been found by the install drivers auto search.

At the moment the network works with driver:
"Marvell Yukon 88E 8001 / 8003 / 8010 pci Gigabit"

the version of what in your phrase:
"....which version you have exactly (as the dual one could have one chip channel and one from the nforce)...."

The Asus CD says:
Nvidia nForce4 series, chipset support CD Rev.99.03
and an M525 No.

you can also download it from their website.

I recommend downloading them cause the ones on the cd are almost always outdated.

Looks like a decent dual channel setup (but the 4 'channel A' things are a bit weird to me)

BIOS is recent enough

What is the error message?

I got a 'nVidia nforce networking controller' for the LAN stuff (same board but with 1 instead of 2 connectors). That is one, the other one should be either the marvell or the youngon

@Luke: get the drivers from the nVidia site (and don't install the IDE part) These should work

LAN card part usually has less updates compared to the chipset part... nothing wrong with that.

And about your hardware choice: my systems have Asus motherboard, and if there is no onboard LAN, i put in an Intel Pro/100 card (works out of the box)... Usually i get these from the discount box for about 7-10 euros each (shop price is 15 euros for OEM).

The Invidia drivers I tried to install were on the Asus XP.

Should they be installed also on the other old (non Asus, Jetaway mobo) XP?

The ethernet card was (£5) 3eurs from the fair.

But do you use Router, Switches etc?, or just the crossover cable?

Well any way, how the heck can I get these two to network and share the broadband.

If have go back to the 98 old PC the Asus will still not recognise the card & will want to use its LAN.

                luke