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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!
> 
> --
> Tom
> 
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