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| 67218 | 2002-08-01 01:33:00 | I have a sound blaster pci card in my computer, I decided to try setting up a network, I have tried several ethernet cards, and even an USB to ethernet adapter; they all cause the same problems when the sound blaster drivers and ethernet drivers are installed. Case: only ethernet driver installed Windows boots normally Case: only sound blaster drivers installed Windows boots normally Case: both ethernet and sound blaster drivers installed Windows will sometimes start after hanging for 1 - 2 minutes otherwise it will not start at all. When using the USB to ethernet adapter, if plugged in after windows has already started it will come up fine and work correctly. Any ideas? Thanks. |
SaAB (1292) | ||
| 67219 | 2002-08-01 02:32:00 | how about some info like which SB card, which lan card ,what OS (operating system), general pc info(the more the merrier), which drivers are you useing? sorry but i can't read minds over the net ;-) (i wonder if the next windows will have that? lol) |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 67220 | 2002-08-01 03:33:00 | Sounds like a conflict. Go to Start; Settings; Control Panel; System; Device Manager and look for any yellow exclamation marks or question marks. Find the device and look at it's properties. |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 67221 | 2002-08-01 04:04:00 | Check if the SB and NIC are sharing the same IRQ. If they are both PCI cards, in theory they can share, but SB often doesn't like IRQ sharing. If they are sharing, you need to force the NIC to another IRQ, to give the SB it's own one. | wuppo (41) | ||
| 67222 | 2002-08-01 07:53:00 | Have you tried the latest drivers for both devices. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 67223 | 2002-08-02 00:58:00 | Original msg sender Windows 98 SE Sound Blaster Live Retail version Various Ethernet NICs soltec mainboard via kt133a chipset Atholon 1200MHz CPU 384MB sdr sdram genius win modem GeForce 2 MX 400 video card drivers aquired with ethernet devices + latest off the net they are not sharing an interupt it is not a hardware conflict sbLive website tells me that the drivers for my device are the latest |
SaAB (1292) | ||
| 67224 | 2002-08-02 01:15:00 | > Original msg sender > > Windows 98 SE > Sound Blaster Live Retail version > Various Ethernet NICs > soltec mainboard via kt133a chipset > Atholon 1200MHz CPU > 384MB sdr sdram > genius win modem > GeForce 2 MX 400 video card > drivers aquired with ethernet devices + latest off > the net > they are not sharing an interupt > it is not a hardware conflict > sbLive website tells me that the drivers for my > device are the latest SaAB, Try removing either your Sound Card or NIC and slotting them into a different PCI slot - this occasionally used to work when there was a conflict between cards, so it might help for you. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 67225 | 2002-08-02 02:29:00 | Even better - turn off, take out both cards, restart. - turn off, replace both cards in different slots, restart |
Heather P (163) | ||
| 67226 | 2002-08-02 03:39:00 | Original msg Sender I have already shifted both cards (where applicable), furthermore linux has no problem with any of the combinations I have tried. Thanks. |
SaAB (1292) | ||
| 67227 | 2002-08-02 04:19:00 | I agree with what was said, try making sure they are using different IRQ's Goto My Computer's Properties, then Device Manager, and find them both, make sure they are both using different IRQ's Also, try and get a driver for the soundcard, if it's XP then XP has had troubles with many soundcards! That might help |
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