shuttle SN95G5 V3 / AMD 3800 dual core

jakes · 20th December 2005, 10:24 PM

got sick of screaming noisey fans on my old system, plus it had just blown its second power supply since i got it, so thats all the excuse i needed to update. i picked up this little black box with dual core 3800 on the weekend. its a v3 so a bios flash had the dual core up and running (done by the store before i collected it). i also set up a pair of wd 250gb drives as a striped array, which after a lot of FRUSTRATING messing about tonight with drivers (on floppy disk - old dusty drive - most of the problem right there) was up and running also. this is by far the most pc tinkering ive done for about 4 years.

anyway, one last problem to solve. the network connection comes up as "1394 connection" with a speed of 400Mbps. it is a 1000/100 but obviously not properly recognised, and not functioning. (the rest of the lan is just 100.) typing ipconfig delivers the "Windows IP Configuration" heading then a double line space followed by the prompt, ie nothing. i suspect what i need are the xp chipset drivers from here (shuttle site) but ALL the links to files on that page are dead as i write this.

anyone got any alternative sources for SN95G5 V3 chipset downloads, or other suggestions for how to make the network connection operational? tia guys.

banshee343 · 20th December 2005, 10:51 PM

1394 is firewire.

www.nvidia.com for chipset drivers and whatever the marvell website is for their gigabit onboard whatever version you have. Cant remember what mine is, but its probably pretty similar. The shuttle website should tell you it anyway and then you can go ahead and download it.

Have fun.

jakes · 20th December 2005, 11:37 PM

got nforce3 driver archive from nvidia

copied it over to my system via usb and extracted and ran the setup. with all installation options checked, i pressed next and after two seconds of installing, the system rebooted. so i unselected "nvidia gart driver", "nvidia smbus driver", and "nvidia ide driver", leaving "nvidia ethernet driver" and "nvidia audio driver" selected. pressed next and same thing happened. i think i might call it a night at this point.

jakes · 21st December 2005, 12:28 AM

went back to the cdrom that came in the shuttle box and it had an install for all the same stuff, amongst which though was an ethernet component that was ~700k (vs the downloaded nvidia one that crashed which was 30,000k) so i ran that. ran without errors, rebooted normally at the end etc. all fine except, no change. still has the 1394 400Mbps connection and nothing else. no connectivity.

while on that track, i remembered reading somewhere on here about not using the ethernet component from the bundled package, and instead finding and using a marvel giga-ethernet install from the web. well the cdrom in the box has a marvel directory so i had a poke about in there. ran the setup in that dir and got some installation for a marvel miniport. nfi what that is at this point. still no network connection.

jakes · 21st December 2005, 12:40 AM

found this thread on the topic.

http://forums.sudhian.com/messagevie...&enterthread=y

i) i might try tracking down 5.10 drivers
ii) my memory timing is already at cas 2.5 / 2T

Leopard · 21st December 2005, 10:48 AM

I have v1 of this XPC, and these are the drivers I use:

HERE [90kB]

They are for a Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapater, Copper RJ-45 (that's what Device Manager calls it).

I don't guarentee it'll work, but it shouldn't take you long to find out

jakes · 21st December 2005, 5:08 PM

thanks leopard

in that sudhian thread linked above, they say v1 and v2 use marvel and v3 uses nvidia, for the network drivers. so it may not work. im going to investigate some more when i get home tonight. hell ill probably try it anyway.

jakes · 23rd December 2005, 5:45 PM

well, a couple of days down the track and its all fixed. actually i found the 5.10 drivers for this on thursday night, and although the install-by-exe did nothing, going into device manager and updating the drivers that way DID fix the lan (and the firewire) both of which now work just peachy.

slapped a maxtor onetouch 300gb drive on it .. works nicely.

moral of the story ... go 5.10 driver package and ignore anyone who says differently.

psyco18 · 23rd December 2005, 6:56 PM

check that the nic is enabled in the bios, on my sn95g5 its disabled by default.

hope that helps

20th December 2005, 10:24 PM	#1
jakes Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: brisbane Posts: 264	shuttle SN95G5 V3 / AMD 3800 dual core got sick of screaming noisey fans on my old system, plus it had just blown its second power supply since i got it, so thats all the excuse i needed to update. i picked up this little black box with dual core 3800 on the weekend. its a v3 so a bios flash had the dual core up and running (done by the store before i collected it). i also set up a pair of wd 250gb drives as a striped array, which after a lot of FRUSTRATING messing about tonight with drivers (on floppy disk - old dusty drive - most of the problem right there) was up and running also. this is by far the most pc tinkering ive done for about 4 years. anyway, one last problem to solve. the network connection comes up as "1394 connection" with a speed of 400Mbps. it is a 1000/100 but obviously not properly recognised, and not functioning. (the rest of the lan is just 100.) typing ipconfig delivers the "Windows IP Configuration" heading then a double line space followed by the prompt, ie nothing. i suspect what i need are the xp chipset drivers from here (shuttle site) but ALL the links to files on that page are dead as i write this. anyone got any alternative sources for SN95G5 V3 chipset downloads, or other suggestions for how to make the network connection operational? tia guys. __________________ FS: Unflown Trex500 carbon heli kit + extras (over $950 spent) $600 ... more here

20th December 2005, 11:37 PM	#3
jakes Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: brisbane Posts: 264	got nforce3 driver archive from nvidia copied it over to my system via usb and extracted and ran the setup. with all installation options checked, i pressed next and after two seconds of installing, the system rebooted. so i unselected "nvidia gart driver", "nvidia smbus driver", and "nvidia ide driver", leaving "nvidia ethernet driver" and "nvidia audio driver" selected. pressed next and same thing happened. i think i might call it a night at this point. __________________ FS: Unflown Trex500 carbon heli kit + extras (over $950 spent) $600 ... more here

21st December 2005, 12:28 AM	#4
jakes Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: brisbane Posts: 264	went back to the cdrom that came in the shuttle box and it had an install for all the same stuff, amongst which though was an ethernet component that was ~700k (vs the downloaded nvidia one that crashed which was 30,000k) so i ran that. ran without errors, rebooted normally at the end etc. all fine except, no change. still has the 1394 400Mbps connection and nothing else. no connectivity. while on that track, i remembered reading somewhere on here about not using the ethernet component from the bundled package, and instead finding and using a marvel giga-ethernet install from the web. well the cdrom in the box has a marvel directory so i had a poke about in there. ran the setup in that dir and got some installation for a marvel miniport. nfi what that is at this point. still no network connection. __________________ FS: Unflown Trex500 carbon heli kit + extras (over $950 spent) $600 ... more here

21st December 2005, 12:40 AM	#5
jakes Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: brisbane Posts: 264	found this thread on the topic. http://forums.sudhian.com/messagevie...&enterthread=y i) i might try tracking down 5.10 drivers ii) my memory timing is already at cas 2.5 / 2T __________________ FS: Unflown Trex500 carbon heli kit + extras (over $950 spent) $600 ... more here Last edited by jakes; 21st December 2005 at 12:40 AM.

21st December 2005, 10:48 AM	#6
Leopard Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Brisbane CBD Posts: 1,604	I have v1 of this XPC, and these are the drivers I use: HERE [90kB] They are for a Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Adapater, Copper RJ-45 (that's what Device Manager calls it). I don't guarentee it'll work, but it shouldn't take you long to find out __________________ VR/VS Commodore Owners Club Member #64 VS Series II Acclaim

20th December 2005, 10:51 PM	#2
banshee343 Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Perth Posts: 1,174	1394 is firewire. www.nvidia.com for chipset drivers and whatever the marvell website is for their gigabit onboard whatever version you have. Cant remember what mine is, but its probably pretty similar. The shuttle website should tell you it anyway and then you can go ahead and download it. Have fun.

21st December 2005, 5:08 PM	#7
jakes Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: brisbane Posts: 264	thanks leopard in that sudhian thread linked above, they say v1 and v2 use marvel and v3 uses nvidia, for the network drivers. so it may not work. im going to investigate some more when i get home tonight. hell ill probably try it anyway. __________________ FS: Unflown Trex500 carbon heli kit + extras (over $950 spent) $600 ... more here

23rd December 2005, 5:45 PM	#8
jakes Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: brisbane Posts: 264	well, a couple of days down the track and its all fixed. actually i found the 5.10 drivers for this on thursday night, and although the install-by-exe did nothing, going into device manager and updating the drivers that way DID fix the lan (and the firewire) both of which now work just peachy. slapped a maxtor onetouch 300gb drive on it .. works nicely. moral of the story ... go 5.10 driver package and ignore anyone who says differently. __________________ FS: Unflown Trex500 carbon heli kit + extras (over $950 spent) $600 ... more here

23rd December 2005, 6:56 PM	#9
psyco18 Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: 3172 Posts: 246	check that the nic is enabled in the bios, on my sn95g5 its disabled by default. hope that helps