Alright /comp/, I got myself an old ethernet card for 99 cents tonight. And you may be wondering why this is good, well it has a 15 pin connector, which my computer doesn't have (if you remember, I'm that fag on /g/ with the SideWinder gamepad issue). Aside from general wear from the contacts and dust that's collected over 10 years, it looks like it's in good condition. Is there anything I should check before putting it in?
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Anonymous2006-09-21 0:36
if there's a boot rom on it, pull it, or disable boot from ethernet in your bios
other than that, i can't think of anything
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Anonymous2006-09-21 1:28
I'm not too sure what boot rom is, but there is an empty slot for a chip, so I'm assuming it's not there. I'm also worried about having two ethernet ports, though I'm guessing that's just stupid and shouldn't matter.
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Anonymous2006-09-21 2:52
you won't have problems with two ethernet ports unless you try to put them both on the same subnet.
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Anonymous2006-09-21 4:19
Alright, anything else I should know before putting an 11 year old PCI card that's been sitting around for a while into my computer?
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Anonymous2006-09-21 11:42
Make sure the contacts are clean? Not really. I think PCI has undergone revisions, but I've never had a problem with it.
>>1 an old ethernet card for 99 cents
clean new ones can be had for $0.88 USD (airlink101)
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Anonymous2006-09-21 16:24
Yeah, but like I said this has a 15 pin connector, and since I already have a gamepad like that I rather not spend another $15-$40 on a USB one. Still, if it has a 15 pin like that, I guess I should look for one.