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The other thing is this:  try putting in the sound card first, then the
USB, and then the NIC. You will have to uninstall the cards and the
attendant software.  Do them one at a time and take note of the IRQs
each one grabs.  Try not to have the USB sharing with any of the other
cards.  We used to tell that to a lot of our customers because sometimes
it takes just one card to tip the balance the wrong way.  You could try
using just vga mode for your video card until you have all the cards in.
As Doc said, this could be related to the age and type of mobo you have.

hen3ry1158

In article <3A59E6C6.3821C4F3@mediaone.net>,
  Doc <pc-doc@mediaone.net> wrote:
> Tom,
> What motherboard are you using? And are there ONLY three
> PCI slots aboard?
> Older Mobos did not support (as well) the PCI / IRQ
> 'sharing' the is inherent in PCI 2.03... (hmm, well
> 2.03 or 2.0x... forget which version is out now) and
> consequently cards don't play together so nicely.
>
> Are you using an AGP card?  You know that if so,
> I'd be cautious about placing 'any' card in PCI
> slot 1!!
> All slots kind of share with at least one other, with
> the EXCEPTION of (in 5 PCI slots mobos) usually
> 3 and 4... some of the later MOBOS do this even
> better allowing you to set the preference in the
> BIOS.
> In 'IRQsharing' based Motherboard/BIOS systems
> it is not unusual to see some sharing of IRQs... and
> that is NOT a problem (ahh, unless you have ONE).
>
> So I'd check the date and status of your BIOS.
> IF you are using an old board, you 'might' want
> to change up to a new board. One that will still
> use your CPU and RAM, but one that better handles
> IRQ conflicts.
>
> Again, what Mobo? What BIOS date... and do you
> use an AGP card?
>
> Tom wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to install a ADS Tech PCI card with 2 USB ports on
Win98SE.  I
> > have 3 pci slots, one has SBLive Value in it.  Adding USB card
screws up
> > SBLive.  Sometimes SBLive isn't even recognized at boot, other time
it is,
> > but when Windows starts all you hear is static.  I have tried moving
the
> > card to different slots.  The SB Live only works at all in slot 1 or
3,
> > never in slot 2; nothing but static from it then.  Any ideas?  Thx!
> >
> > --
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>
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>


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