The 440 LX is a 1996-97 mobo.  Have you checked to see if it even supports  an ethernet connection, or if it can run Linux?

>At 05:39 PM 8/23/2004, David Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>On Sun, 2004-08-22 at 19:28, Diane Duncan wrote:
>> > Hoping to connect my linux box to my lan, I installed a Linksys 10/100
>> > Ethernet card in a PCI slot on the Intel AL440LX motherboard.  No led
>> > lights illuminated to indicate power going to the card.
>> >
>> > Given that this is running only linux (Red Hat 7.1) and no Windows, I have
>> > no idea how to see anything.
>> >
>> > I tried another slot and got the same result.  I can't even fake I know
>> > what I'm doing here...
>> >
>> > Help?  :}
>> >
>> > thanks,
>> > Diane
>>
>>
>>Try this site for help.   Great for linux newbies and gurus alike
>>
>>http://www.linuxquestions.org
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>Looked here, but can't make sense out of what they're saying.
><http://www.linuxquestions.org/hcl/showproduct.php?product=52>
>This is the card I installed, but, like I said, no lights illuminate on the
>back of the card to tell me it's actually got power...even if I plug in the
>ethernet cord.  Isn't the card supposed to light up to indicate there's
>power going to it? -- not talking about the ethernet signal, but the actual
>electrical power.
>
>So, how do I make the connection?
>
>thanks,
>Diane
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