First question(s) for me on this partcular list but relatively experienced Linux user. Recently rebuilt an old PC ASUS A7N8X Deluxe (with builtin 3Com & Nvidia NICs) and AMD XP 2700+ CPU. Dual boot W2K & SuSE Linux 8.0 - vanilla install from CD distribution. 2.4.18-4GB kernel. Two problems; 1) boot.msg reports; <4> Detected 1293.093 MHz processor This has to be wrong! Should be 2166 MHz. W2K gets it right and the BIOS settings are OK. Any ideas? 2) Can't get either of the builtin NICs to work. Checked the archives and found a discussion back in Mar-Apr tied to 8.2 and Nvidia - which didn't seem to be definitive. However I want to get the 3Com NIC working. Rebuilt & installed 3Com driver - OK, but no joy. Turned on debug and in the boot.msg I get ifup (debug): CONFIG = eth0 INTERFACE = nointerface (returned 7) failed [Yes, I do have the "alias eth0 3c59x" entry in /etc/modules.conf.] This agrees with other bits of information, namely YAST2 "sees" both the 3Com and Nvidia NICs under the Hardware section "Network Devices" but "Network Interfaces" has only lo & sit0. Suggests to me there is nothing wrong with the NIC drivers. Does anyone have any more information or recommendations? I'm hoping the world has moved on from April and someone has a solution. Regards, Peter