Help please

Basic Symptom: network is down (eth0). eth1 is up and running ok.
Question: is my lan adapter gone ? See the logs i've got.
System: Red Hat Linux 8.0
The system is not local (remote access so far untill i travel there).
What can i do ?

# more /var/log/messages
... [relevant info only]
Mar 11 09:23:39 sunix kernel: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
Mar 11 09:23:39 sunix kernel: eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17
Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <[email protected]> and others
Mar 11 09:23:39 sunix kernel: PCI: Enabling device 01:00.0 (0000 ->
0003)
Mar 11 09:23:39 sunix kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device
01:00.0 to 64
Mar 11 09:23:39 sunix kernel: eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xff00,
check settings before activating this device!
Mar 11 09:23:39 sunix kernel: eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet,
FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF, IRQ 9.
Mar 11 09:23:40 sunix kernel:   Board assembly ffffff-255, Physical
connectors present: RJ45 BNC AUI MII
Mar 11 09:23:40 sunix kernel:   Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY
#31.
Mar 11 09:23:40 sunix kernel:     Secondary interface chip i82555.
Mar 11 09:23:40 sunix kernel: Self test failed, status ffffffff:
Mar 11 09:23:40 sunix kernel:  Failure to initialize the i82557.
Mar 11 09:23:40 sunix kernel:  Verify that the card is a bus-master
capable slot.
...
# scanpci -v
... [relevant info only]
pci bus 0x0001 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x8086 device 0x1229
 Intel 82557/8/9 10/100MBit network controller
 CardVendor 0x8086 card 0x000e (Intel, Card unknown)
  STATUS    0x0290  COMMAND 0x0007
  CLASS     0x02 0x00 0x00  REVISION 0x08
  BIST      0x00  HEADER 0x00  LATENCY 0x40  CACHE 0x00
  BASE1     0x00000001  addr 0x00000000  I/O
  MAX_LAT   0x38  MIN_GNT 0x08  INT_PIN 0x01  INT_LINE 0x00
# lspci -vv
... [relevant info only]
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100]
(rev 08)
	Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100+ Management Adapter with
Alert On LAN*
	Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr-
Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
	Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
<TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
	Latency: 64 (2000ns min, 14000ns max)
	Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 9
	Region 0: [virtual] Memory at d5100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=4K]
	Region 1: I/O ports at c000 [size=64]
	Region 2: [virtual] Memory at d5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
[size=1M]
	Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
		Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA
PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold-)
		Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-

IRQ seems not to be assigned in the scanpci listing (INT_LINE 0x00) ?