PCI detection issues on 10.4.8 and Abit K8T800 Pro

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Could anyone suggest why the system profiler says "This computer does not appear to have any PCI cards installed."? I was under the impression that even if it couldn't identify PCI devices, it would show them. I have onboard PCI sound and network devices which are enabled in BIOS but not appearing.

 

It only occured to me after I realised I had been following installation guides to the letter for the Intel Pro 100 network thing I had stuffed into the system for the last build I used (10.4.6, which I recall worked instantly with that card) and also for the Via Rhine networking adapter which is built into my motheredboard, to no avail.

 

I would love to get this networked, but if I install the drivers, nothing changes, and no PCI devices are found! Has anyone else had this problem?

 

Hardware:

Abit Av8 motherboard

- AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Winchester

- VIA K8T800 Pro chipset

- 128MB Geforce 6800 AGP graphics card (works just fine with Quartz, btw)

 

I find it odd that the ATA controller - a PCI device? - would function like it does if the system couldn't detect PCI devices, so have I missed the plot completely or are PCI devices really meant to be listed in the Profiler??? Cheers! (would any {censored} from the Console help? Kinda hard to get on here since the damn thing won't network.... a lot of rubbish about "library extensions xxxxx.kext/blah/blah doesn't contain code for the architecture specified;" though..)