Ethernet Card - Code 29

[Rob]

I have a realtek rtl8129 pci fast ethernet card, it was
working fine.. then all of a sudden my computer tells me
my bios isn't giving the device and irq request. Why did
this just all of a sudden happen, and most of all how do
I fix it?

[Lil' Dave]

My guess is you or something caused the bios to reset. Read on please.
During the reset, the bios could not negotiate an irq for the card.
There are cases when an add-on card must be added in sequence after the bios
has found all other hardware to negotiate an irq for that card. Otherwise,
the bios cannot negotiate same. After negotiation, the irq assigment is
saved to cmos.
This is highly noticable when a cmos battery is beginning to fail as it
cannot retain the original settings.
This is not of MS OS or network nature, rather, just a result of cmos
failure which you implied. Therefore, not pertinent to this newsgroup. No
sweat, you didn't know.
If its the cmos battery as the source problem, replace it. If its the cmos
memory itself, replace the bios chip or motherboard as applicable.
"Rob" > wrote in message
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> I have a realtek rtl8129 pci fast ethernet card, it was
> working fine.. then all of a sudden my computer tells me
> my bios isn't giving the device and irq request. Why did
> this just all of a sudden happen, and most of all how do
> I fix it?