Dell Dimmension 8250 series, purchased on 12/10/02. I have no idea what a
BIOS is and can't find any information about a BIOS on my invoice???

"thecreator" wrote:

> Hi daffymaggie,
>
> What is the Brand and Model Number of your Computer? What is the Brand
> Name of your Computer BIOS? Can you access Computer BIOS? If you can't, then
> you need to take the computer into a Computer Shop to help you out.
>
>
> --
> thecreator
>
> "daffymaggie" <daffymaggie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E2498997-FF42-45DC-A41A-E079E173BA96@microsoft.com...
> >I thought I did everything correctly........but obviously I didn't because
> >it
> > doesn't work. Here is the story!
> >
> > Bought the D-Link DFE-530TX+ Ethernet adapter:
> > installed the driver from the CD that came with it.
> > shut down the computer. unplugged the power cord. opened up the tower.
> > installed the D-Link DFE-530TX+ Ethernet adapter in an emply PCI slot.
> > turned on my computer.
> > nothing..............................
> > computer did not recognize it.
> >
> > did everything again...........but put it in a different PCI
> > slot..............nothing.
> >
> > disabled my internal (Intel pro 10/100) hard drive. nothing.
> >
> > called customer service on the device. said it was bad. sent it back.
> >
> > got another D-Link DFE-530TX+ Ethernet adapter.
> > Did everything the same as above. Nothing.
> >
> > called customer service. The said that there is no way two devices could
> > be
> > bad. That I may need to do something with the BIOS and or enable my PCI
> > slots. I have no idea what that means or how to do that or what I am
> > doing
> > wrong??? Can anyone please help me!!!! Are my PCI slots bad or
> > damaged???
> > I've never had anything in there??
> >
>
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