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From: Alb�do on 21 Jul 2010 06:07 Hello from France. For some time now I've been having this problem: when I want to switch off the Ethernet connection from my XP SP3 machine, I get a dialog box stating that the connection cannot be interrupted manually (...). The only way I can stop the connection is go Peripherals (?) Manager>Network Cards>right click on Deactivate--a bit tedious, really. This has been occurring for a few weeks now, though I changed nothing to my configuration except using WinUpdate. From what I could find on the internet I should either update the driver of my Ethernet card or download a more recent copy of netcfgx.dll to c:\windows\system32. I have tried the latter, with no avail. As for the former, I just can't find any place from which to downloads the driver. My card is Carte PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100, and the installed pilot, an983.sys, is version 2.12.507.2001, dated 01/07/2001. Problem is, when I check sites that offer pilots, I can't find mine, as the query "Carte PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100" brings back things I don't understand. So I'd be very grateful to anyone who could help me with the following: 1. apart from the two clues listed above, is there any other I could try? 2. from what I could find the builder of my PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100 card is/was Novell (?), but they don't seem to exist anymore, they are never listed with existing makers? 3. where can I find a an983.sys file? Thanks a whole lot in advance! -- a.
From: Mark Adams on 21 Jul 2010 12:49 "Albédo" wrote: > Hello from France. > For some time now I've been having this problem: when I want to switch off the > Ethernet connection from my XP SP3 machine, I get a dialog box stating that the > connection cannot be interrupted manually (...). The only way I can stop the > connection is go Peripherals (?) Manager>Network Cards>right click on > Deactivate--a bit tedious, really. > This has been occurring for a few weeks now, though I changed nothing to my > configuration except using WinUpdate. > From what I could find on the internet I should either update the driver of my > Ethernet card or download a more recent copy of netcfgx.dll to > c:\windows\system32. I have tried the latter, with no avail. > As for the former, I just can't find any place from which to downloads the > driver. > My card is Carte PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100, and the installed pilot, an983.sys, is > version 2.12.507.2001, dated 01/07/2001. > Problem is, when I check sites that offer pilots, I can't find mine, as the > query "Carte PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100" brings back things I don't understand. > So I'd be very grateful to anyone who could help me with the following: > 1. apart from the two clues listed above, is there any other I could try? The first thing to try would be to download the latest driver from the website of the maker of your computer. You haven't said what the maker is. If you built the computer, you will have to download the driver from the website of the maker of the PCI card. > 2. from what I could find the builder of my PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100 card is/was > Novell (?), but they don't seem to exist anymore, they are never listed with > existing makers? If the builder of your PCI card doesn't exist anymore, an updated driver may not be available. Drivers from other maker's cards are likely not to work. You may need to buy a new ethernet card, they are not expensive. Have you tried reinstalling the original driver that came with the card? > 3. where can I find a an983.sys file? Google might help you find a driver; however I would be reluctant to download a driver from any source other than the website of the maker of the computer or the PCI card, including Windows Update. > Thanks a whole lot in advance! > -- > a. > > > . >
From: Paul on 21 Jul 2010 18:25 Alb�do wrote: > Hello from France. > For some time now I've been having this problem: when I want to switch off the > Ethernet connection from my XP SP3 machine, I get a dialog box stating that the > connection cannot be interrupted manually (...). The only way I can stop the > connection is go Peripherals (?) Manager>Network Cards>right click on > Deactivate--a bit tedious, really. > This has been occurring for a few weeks now, though I changed nothing to my > configuration except using WinUpdate. > From what I could find on the internet I should either update the driver of my > Ethernet card or download a more recent copy of netcfgx.dll to > c:\windows\system32. I have tried the latter, with no avail. > As for the former, I just can't find any place from which to downloads the > driver. > My card is Carte PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100, and the installed pilot, an983.sys, is > version 2.12.507.2001, dated 01/07/2001. > Problem is, when I check sites that offer pilots, I can't find mine, as the > query "Carte PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100" brings back things I don't understand. > So I'd be very grateful to anyone who could help me with the following: > 1. apart from the two clues listed above, is there any other I could try? > 2. from what I could find the builder of my PCI ADMtek AN983 10/100 card is/was > Novell (?), but they don't seem to exist anymore, they are never listed with > existing makers? > 3. where can I find a an983.sys file? > Thanks a whole lot in advance! That chip is also used on a Linksys LNE100TX Version 5 Ethernet card. Driver support stops around 2001 on the Linksys site for that card, so there is no WinXP support in here. But at least you can see the PCI\VEN_1317&DEV_0985 of the ADMTek AD983. http://homedownloads.cisco.com/downloads/driver/1224649822386/LNE100TX_v5_drivers.zip Those values are shown here, for confirmation it is the same chip. http://pciids.sourceforge.net/pci.ids 1317 ADMtek 0985 NC100 Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 1734 100c Scenic N300 ADMtek AN983 10/100 Mbps PCI Adapter Now, if I chase down that suggestion ("Scenic N300"), I can get a driver from Fujitsu-Siemens. http://ts.fujitsu.com/support/downloads.html "Personal computers" "further models" "SCENIC N Series" "SCENIC N320 (SiS661)" then select WinXP then select "LAN" then AN983B Fast Ethernet Controller (Onboard on D1761) http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/Download/ShowDescription.asp?SoftwareGUID=2F97ED4B-4C41-4620-ACFB-FBE82DA9D2EE&OSID=665F4A20-6E31-43C3-82C2-D98CE773007C&Status=False&Component=AN983B%20Fast%20Ethernet%20Controller%20(Onboard%20on%20D1761) The download file is FTS_ADMtekFastEthernetAdapterDriver__1000050.zip , 112076 bytes Inside, I can find an entry in NETAN983.INF, matching the entry in the PCI.IDS web page. This implies the driver package could support AN983 (no "B"). %AN983.DeviceDesc% = AN983.ndi, PCI\VEN_1317&DEV_0985&SUBSYS_100C1734 There is also an "an983.sys" file inside the Fujitsu driver package :-) There are no guarantees these drivers will work without some modification or work. The Linksys LNE100TX V5 driver is for Win2K and not WinXP. The SCENIC N320 driver package is intended for AN983B, but the INF suggests the driver could also support the earlier AN983. I think the AN983B may be a product manufactured when the company name was Infineon (Infineon acquired ADMTek), while AN983 is when the company was still ADMTek. I was not able to find driver support from Infineon themselves. The chip may be some kind of "DEC Tulip" clone, in terms of its origins. So the design of the chip may have been done, many years ago... Paul
From: Alb�do on 22 Jul 2010 07:50 "Mark Adams" : > The first thing to try would be to download the latest driver from the website > of the maker of your computer. You haven't said what the maker is. If you > built the computer, you will have to download the driver from the website of > the maker of the PCI card. Problem is, I bought the machine from Rueducommerce, an on-line "assembler" (i.e. a firm who builds configurations and sells them). I have been through whatever documentation came with the machine but there was no indication I could find about the PCI card. All I know is that the mainboard came with its own manual and it is a K7S5A PRO. I guess this doesn't help much? I may ask Rueducommerce, but I bought the thing back in 2003 (decent stuff after all, I'd say), and seeing how fast things change is the computer business... but I'll ask them right away anyway. > If the builder of your PCI card doesn't exist anymore, an updated driver may > not be available. Drivers from other maker's cards are likely not to work. That's precisely why I thought I'd ask here first, because I've experienced before so-called "compatible" hardware which were not. > You may need to buy a new ethernet card, they are not expensive. I thought that's how it'd end, but then again the machine is 7 years old. But then again again it still works fine, so maybe you're right and I should try that. Have you tried reinstalling the original driver that came with the card? The only CDs I was then given (see how way back it all dates!) were the mainboard's, the videocard's (nvidia GForce4 MX) and XP's. So I guess the relevent driver is to be found on one of these, possibly XP if it is a generic driver? I'll looking through the three of them, though the driver may be in compressed form. At the moment an983.sys can be found here in my system: - C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles - C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache - C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers I'll try to copy-paste the file; is there any precaution I should take (like do it in safe mode)? > Google might help you find a driver; As I mentioned before I just can't seem to find a simple, plain answer to my query: it looks I have to download some unindentified "bundle", which I am reluctant to do.Or else I just can't tell what maker I should chose, so... > however I would be reluctant to download a driver from any source other than > the website of the maker of the computer or the PCI card, including Windows > Update. I am pretty sure that it is some update from WU that started messing with my PCI. Mark, I am aware you've already done quite a bit of an answer; I'd be grateful if you'd spare some more time and answer the few questions I may ask here again soon after I've been through the solutions mentioned hereabove. -- a.
From: Alb�do on 22 Jul 2010 08:02
....Wow, Paul! I'd never think someone would bother to go this far to help me. I am *very* grateful. Now, all that vocabulary really beats me (by far), so I'd just like to ask you (no guarantee included of course): knowwing that I am plain unable to perform whatever "modification or work" you mention, do you think I should download that file and install it? And if so, what precautions should I take, do you think? Thanks again, thanks in advance! -- a. |