Lenovo M91p Motherboard and Dell intel 1000vt 4 port NIC
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Hi so I have an issue at the moment. I have already running a PfSense box FM2 mainboard with an A10-5800K Apu running with the Dell Intel Pro 1000V/T 4 port NIC card without fault detects fine not a problem so its definitely working.
I want to swap it over to a 2500T running on an a Lenovo M91p is6xm Motherboard this has been fully updated to the latest bios etc and runs fine. However as soon as I install PfSense (which installs fine) it only detects the onboard NIC it can't see the Dell Intel Pro 1000V/T.
All the lights on the NIC show the cables are connected at 1gb/s but I only have the 1 NIC on the board available. I have tried another pcie card in to see if the port is broken and sadly its not.Am I missing something or is this NIC just not compatible with the Motherboard
Kind Regards
Steve
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It may simply be incompatible. Does
pcifconf -lvshow it?There are a few hacks about for preventing smbus address conflicts that can resolve things like this but they usually require hardware mods so.... proceed at your own risk!
Steve
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@stephenw10 I am thinking the same I have ordered a new Motherboard (I have an i3-2100 I can put in to sell the old one as abudle so not gonna lose money) will see if you are right I am thinking its a pcie compatibility thing
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Something like this perhaps:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/kseq2e/dell_intel_i350t4_quad_nic_compatibility_issues/Though that's not the same symptoms you're seeing.
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@stephenw10 that might have been worth a try if this new board doesnt fix it (I can send it back if not) much appreciated and I had to do this with a Shucked WD 8TB drive recently as well
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@stephenw10 I have just watched the video and its actually might help another issue with a raid card I have been having problems with as well so again extremely appreciated now
