AFAIK, on the 630e, the MAC address is actually stored in CMOS at index 9-14. I'm not sure how that came to be zeroed, but if you put it back there, all will be well. The regular BIOS sets that during POST.
G'day, sjames
Thanks, you are correct, except the BIOS stubbornly refuses to reset it now. I have zeroed the cmos (using the jumper) several times, and pressed F2(? I think) to set default values, but still a zero. It's interesting the the M787cl+, after a zero cmos, doesn't boot on the first poweron, have to then poweroff and try again. Oh well, budget board, budget bios I guess. Another argument for Linuxbios.
-Steve