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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Eric
Tested on Windows 2003 Server

10 Dec 2004

 

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"There was no choice for the 3C509b card. Didn't install."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

willy Geraets
Tested on Windows XP

31 Aug 2008
(5 days after download)

 

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"You only need 3C5X9CFG.EXE from disk 2 to put the card in PNP-mode."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

cesar

13 Oct 2007

 

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"no funciona en xp"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

racolyly
Tested on Windows XP

25 Sep 2007

 

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"files missing error"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Trevor Gardner
Tested on Windows 2003 Server

17 Jul 2007

 

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"not recomended for server 2003"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Blaster

8 Apr 2007

 

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"DONT FOR WINDOWS XP"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Emanuel
Tested on Windows XP

18 Feb 2007

 

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"XP Only Works for 509B. Set to PnP mode!!!, by booting into DOS, and run CFG utility on Disk1. Then XP will detect the card, however you have to install the driver manually by pointing install to Disk1. It is really the disabled PnP setting that couses trouble for most people!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

rob s

9 Mar 2006

 

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"didnt work for me"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Wolf
Tested on Windows XP

23 Aug 2005

 

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"My 3c905b is ISA, but here listed only PCI."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Carel
Tested on Windows XP

6 May 2005

 

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"The 3C509b-TPO card didn't work with this driver on Windows XP professional."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Richard
Tested on Windows XP

28 Apr 2005

 

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"This driver is nor for windows xp"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Sol

16 Aug 2004

 

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"I had trouble getting this to work on XP."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

JacMac

7 Jun 2004

 

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"Did not work in Win XP"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Varbanov

29 Apr 2004

 

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"This is driver dont work with win xp pci EterLink III 3c509 rev 2.0"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Lynnthefirst

14 Jan 2004

 

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"Works like a charm with our 3c509b on WinXP! Thanks to Michal Stankoviansky!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Frank

12 Nov 2003

 

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"Like the man said. This is not for the 3C509 but the 3C905. Wasted my time."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

shues

27 Sep 2003

 

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"The method described works like a champ with my 3c509 ISA in Legacy Mode. I used the file provided on that site, and followed step by step. My IRQ was 7 and I/O was 300h, for anyone looking for some starter values. It was rather a painless process. Thanks to everyone who helped make my lan a success!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

M. T. Hed

15 Sep 2003

 

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"My 3c509b-tp appears to deviate from the norm - or maybe it's my copy of W2K3 Web Server. Windows properly recognized the nic on it's own, but (of course) couldn't find the .inf and .sys files. I copied netel5x9.inf from the links given by Michal Stankoviansky to a floppy, then did as Jamie Roberts, and extracted elnk3.sys from x \i386\driver.cab on my W2K server CD to the

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same floppy. When the Hardware Wizard asked for the file location, all I had to do was point to the floppy. The really sweet part was that Windows automagically assigned the IRQ (05) and I/O Range (0210-021F) to it! I went straight to IE and pointed it at Google. Popped the page up just like any other machine on my net."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Jamie Roberts

11 Aug 2003

 

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"Wow! Michal Stankoviansky's trick worked for my Windows Server 2003 install. I'm in a Test environ. and I need to test multiple OPSYS. Followed the instructions, had to extract the elnk3.sys file out of the driver.cab file from the I386 dir off my Win2K CD, then set the memory address and IRQ, but it works great! Thanks a million!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Graz

26 Jul 2003

 

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"errr..... no.... this is a driver for the 3c905, not the 3c509. Thanks for the timewaste. I wanted the XP for 3c509. Cheers mate !"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

xHaznoel

15 Jun 2003

 

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"OK,. terimakasih atas driver-nya.."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Kevin Hukins

28 May 2003

 

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"Thank you guys for the GREAT links. Saved me a bunch of research."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Daddy00045

17 Nov 2002

 

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"Hey guys! Michal Stankoviansky's link to the 3C509/Windows XP "trick" seems to have worked great! Just got my 3C509-TP working on Windows XP Pro. Config was exactly like the info on the last link he included www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/wxpne2k.htm! Thanks Michal Stankoviansky"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Michal Stankoviansky

30 Oct 2002

 

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"Sorry guyz, the link I left below doesn't work anymore, but I found the very same article at the new location, so check it out at www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/wxpne2k.htm Good luck!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

JC

26 Oct 2002

 

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"Does this driver work? i've tried many drivers but i coudn't find the right one for win xp pro"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Michal Stankoviansky

26 Oct 2002

 

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"Everyone, who is looking for a driver for 3Com 3C509 / 3C509b ethernet card for Windows XP should stop looking for a driver (none of them works anyway) and should go to this address www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxpne2k.htm It's a step-by-step article how to make this card working under WinXP without downloading any new driver. It works!!! It saved my life!"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Andrew

14 Aug 2002

 

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"I just read the comments did not try the driver yet. It seem it will not work. It is sad that they are available AFTER the registration and supply of data. It feels like a little bit low trick."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

slick_c

20 May 2002

 

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"they would not work because xp has a different driver installation than 9x/me. 3com have not made a driver for the ISA/PCI models because they believe that no many would use this for this operating system. they would make the drivers if there is enough support shown to 3com that it wanted for the xp o/s."

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Steve

14 Apr 2002

 

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"I can't get this driver to work with Windows XP either - has anyone found a different driver that actually works?"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

TwistedFear

7 Apr 2002

 

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"Seems to have trouble working under win xp with 3c509b ISA"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Igor

14 Feb 2002

 

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"Didn't work with 3c509b PCI under Windows XP professional (XP said "Error code 10" - but, what does it mean?)"

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Bob

31 Dec 2001

 

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"didn't work with 3c509b-tp under windows xp professional"

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