Do I have a Un networkable comp?

[CoolJou2001]

I recently purchaced a D-Link 10mb phoneline networking kit. It installed fine on my computer but when I went to install it on my parents comp it wouldn't detect on startup so I tried manually installing it but still no go and its really pissing me off. The computer is an Aptiva 2142-S6H its a Pentuim 2 266mhz 112mb ram integraded video and sound w/ a voodoo 2 I added. I called tech support and after 45min of going up thourgh thier ranks of help they said they were completly clueless and told me to call IBM. well I did call them and they told me to call D-Link up to solve the problem, figures,
So any one that can help me it would be greatly apreaciated.

Also if I have to return the cards would any one recomend a good networking solution that might have a better chance at working. I can't do ethiernet becasue I live in a real old house and it is a bitch to fish wire through and I'm not up to it

 

[BCYL]

With that computer, I am sure you can network with it. Specifically what problem did you have when installing it? We would need more specific information to help you out...

 

[CoolJou2001]

well the problem was that no matter what I did the computer would not reconize its thier.
I tried going thourgh adding new hardware to let it try to detect it with no luck, then I tried to manally install the drivers, finally I tried moving some cards around to see if that helped but no luck.
the guy on tech support said thier are some issues with aptiva computers but wasn't sure if mine was one of them

 

[IsOs]

Can you list your System IRQ & devices. Also, let us know the type (ISA, PCI, AGP etc). Usually the cause is a resource conflict. Of course, the card coud be defective as well.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I've seen a couple of weird Win95 issues if by chance your system has Win95. Boot your computer in safe mode and then go into your System properties and look for duplicate driver installations for your devices in Device Manager. Also, check for any conflicts noted by an explanation point in a yellow circle. Those are the root of IRQ conflicts. You can also check to see what IRQs you have available by looking at your computer in Device manager also. Good luck.
One more thing to check if you feel confident in yourself. You may want to check in your BIOS and your onboard com port settings. Sometimes COM1 and COM2 create conflicts that can cause problems when installing additional devices that use common COM port IRQs and memory addresses. You can try disabling a com port you are not using in your BIOS or enabling one you may think you'll need. Furthermore, you can remove them all from Device Manager and reboot. They should be autodetected when you reboot and that will take care of some other problems that sometimes arise.

All of this is very general as I do not know what OS you are running or how confident you are in looking at these settings. When in doubt, find a local guru with a big heart and spare time on his hands... That's how I learned when I started into this stuff long ago. Goodluck!