HELP FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! (network problem)

[showoff0450]

I'm trying to install an ethernet card to get onto my buddy's LAN and we can't get Windows 98 to recognize the card - we're also experiencing random system freezes whenever the ethernet card is in the system physically.

We're trying to install a LinkSys LNE100TX etherfast card

Any help would be extremely appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[bacillus]

most likely your experiencing an irq conflict when you install the card. try using a different slot to install it. if that doesn't help matters then
a little more info on the system together with a full irq listing would help enormously! 🙂

 

[ledzepp98]

and do you have the right drivers? there are a few versions of the lne100tx

 

[showoff0450]

Hmmm...

All of that IRQ talk is foreign to me, I'm a new guy with computers, basically.

Is the ethernet card having problems with my 56k modem stuff that I still have on the computer?

400 mhz K6-2
20 gig Maxtor HD
64 MB RAM
17 mon.

 

[DisposableHero]

irq or interupt requests are assigned to each device.. the NIC must be conflicting.. switch slots.. or take out unneeded cards.. like a modem if u have cable/dsl

 

[bacillus]

<< Is the ethernet card having problems with my 56k modem stuff that I still have on the computer? >>


can't answer that specifically as we don't know what irqs those devices are using. what pci cards do you have installed?
if your using win98/ME, look in device manager, highlight computer &amp; click properties. you'll see how your irqs are being used &amp; post them back here!

 

[showoff0450]

I finally got the card installed and working, so it seemed. It worked fine for about the first 3 bootups then it stopped working and started freezing again. The BIOS says that the CPU is at 59 degrees, is this bad? Could this be causing the freezing? I will take a look at the IRQ's but I think the freezing might be due to the high temperature. Thoughts?

Another Update:

We got the temperature down but the freezing has not stopped, any ideas? It's down to 44 degrees now.

 

[showoff0450]

Brought down the temp by having my friend hold the open system in front of a window AC =)

 

[showoff0450]

Is it possible that the program &quot;mprexe&quot; is causing the freezups when Win98 boots up? BTW, the freezeups occur right after Windows asks me to login with a username/password.

Timely response will be rewarded!

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[showoff0450]

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