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"Mike Nielsen" <mln01@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having trouble getting a USB card I'm trying to install in a PCI slot
to
> work properly in my 4� year old Gateway Pentium Pro G6-200.  Actually the
> USB card works fine installed by itself but it will not work with the Dell
> (Aironet) wireless NIC I installed last year.  Both devices are assigned
IRQ
> 10.  This computer has the Gateway OEM version of the Intel VS440FX
> motherboard.  I long ago upgraded the Gateway BIOS to the latest available
> version.  I also long ago upgraded to Windows 98 Second Edition, and IRQ
> steering is enabled and working.  I've tried the cards in virtually every
> imaginable combination of arrangements in the 4 PCI slots, but none
worked.
> I've tried installing each device individually, then manually setting
memory
> and I/O settings followed by trying the second card.  I've tried disabling
> IRQ steering.  I should mention that there is a third PCI card installed
> too; a video card that came with the machine.  I've tried getting support
> from Gateway, Microsoft, and the USB card manufacturer (SIIG) but nothing
we
> 've tried has been able to resolve this problem.  I'd appreciate any
> suggestions you can offer, plus suggestions of other newsgroups to which I
> should post this request.  Please remove "nospam" from my reply address to
> e-mail me directly.  Thanks.
>
Does your BIOS give you an option to turn off PnP os?

Your network card is probably the culprit.  Have you tried the usb card
without the network card?