Help - Shuttle AK31 r3.1, Win98SE, 3com 3c905tx nic

[rhuss]

Ok, another problem. I had yet to put in a NIC card and was just going to use my old 3com 3c905tx. so i threw that in the mobo and booted 98. everything was fine, the drivers were installed and it said i had to reboot. i rebooted and the thing posts and the hangs right before it is supposed to go into windows (still on the DOS screen), cursor just sits there blinking. so i reboot, i go into safe mode and the nic card was there, but there were no IRQ assignments or anything (definatly something wrong there). so i did 'remove' and pulled the card, rebooted and then got a BSOD, invalid call to some file or missing file ... reinstall 98

so i reformatted and reinstalled 98.

any ideas on why the nic card won't work?? i was thinking of getting a new nic anyway. what should i do??

thanks again.

Setup:
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Shuttle AK31 Rev 3
AMD Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz
Thermo Engine & Fans & Accessories
256MB Crucial DDR PC2100 x 2
WD 60GB 5400rpm - i know, i know
Antec SX830 Workstation Tower
VisionTek GeForce3 Ti200 AGP, 64MB

Running: Win98SE, etc

 

[anime]

make sure no--IRQ sharing on your devices.
THis is IRQ pain in the as$ with with all win win9X/ME made me switched to w2k/XP a long time ago.

 

[RossGr]

Try installing the card in different slots, you should be able to find one where it is happy.

Edit:

I have no trouble with Win98 and IRQ sharing, just find the right slot.