8.0 Problems - Any ideas?

[Christopher A. Williams]

OK - After a grueling hardware upgrade, I finally loaded 8.0. My new system is a 2.53 Ghz P4 with 1GB RAM. The motherboard is an ASUS P4S8X with lots of stuff, including on-board 6-channel sound, USB 2.0, IEEE 1394 and a lot more.

After making sure Plug & Play was disable in CMOS (the default by the way - why did I change that?!?), 8.0 installed with few complaints. Everything was recognized except for the following, which still does not work:

• On-board Ethernet controller: It comes up as a SIS 900/7016CI, but according to the motherboard documentation, it's actually some sort of RealTek controller - unfortunately, it doesn't say *which* controller it is. Either way, all of the SIS or RealTek drivers fail to load properly. It's a strange message I have fallen back to an old 3Com Vortex card for the moment. Any ideas on this one would be appreciated.
• Hardware browser crashes at startup. I am unable to use this program at all.

I also can't seem to find the usb port my Palm Pilot cradle is connected to. The default device is /dev/pilot, which doesn't exist. I have 6 USB ports on this system and the cradle is plugged into the 2nd port. The mouse is plugged into the 1st port and is working fine. I could really use some help with this. I was using a serial cradle before. My old Palm Vx finally died and I was able to trade up to a M515 cheap.

Other than that, everything seems to be working as designed. Help with the Palm and the RealTek Ethernet controller greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Chris Williams

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