Problem booting up after adding new hardware

I have been running my Windows 98SE system for quite a few years with no
problems. I have installed the software for my new 54 Mbps wireless PCI
Adapter network cardand installed the hardware. My PC won't boot up. It
doesn't even get to booting the operating system or sending any signal to my
monitor. If I remove the card and switch on the moitor springs into life and
the system boots into windows. Every time I switch on with the card
installed no signal goes to the monitor and the hard disk stops whirring
after a few sconds and does not boot into windows. Any idea what the problem
could be?

Return the card, it's bad and is shorting out the power supply.

"Slaphead" wrote in message
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I have been running my Windows 98SE system for quite a few years
with no
problems. I have installed the software for my new 54 Mbps wireless
PCI
Adapter network cardand installed the hardware. My PC won't boot up.
It
doesn't even get to booting the operating system or sending any
signal to my
monitor. If I remove the card and switch on the moitor springs into
life and
the system boots into windows. Every time I switch on with the card
installed no signal goes to the monitor and the hard disk stops
whirring
after a few sconds and does not boot into windows. Any idea what the
problem
could be?

I might try it in more than 1 PCI slot. If it doesn't work in two or more
slots, then it's probably bad.

"Slaphead" wrote in message
...
I have been running my Windows 98SE system for quite a few years with no
problems. I have installed the software for my new 54 Mbps wireless PCI
Adapter network cardand installed the hardware. My PC won't boot up. It
doesn't even get to booting the operating system or sending any signal to
my
monitor. If I remove the card and switch on the moitor springs into life
and
the system boots into windows. Every time I switch on with the card
installed no signal goes to the monitor and the hard disk stops whirring
after a few sconds and does not boot into windows. Any idea what the
problem
could be?

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:02:01 +0100, Knowing that it was a Hollywood
invention that lemmings jump off cliffs "Slaphead"
wrote :

I have been running my Windows 98SE system for quite a few years with no
problems. I have installed the software for my new 54 Mbps wireless PCI
Adapter network cardand installed the hardware. My PC won't boot up. It
doesn't even get to booting the operating system or sending any signal to my
monitor. If I remove the card and switch on the moitor springs into life and
the system boots into windows. Every time I switch on with the card
installed no signal goes to the monitor and the hard disk stops whirring
after a few sconds and does not boot into windows. Any idea what the problem
could be?


What make of card and mother board and where did you get the card?
Full system spec and PCI slots used?
IRQ list?



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On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 21:02:01 +0100, "Slaphead"
wrote:

I have been running my Windows 98SE system for quite a few years with no
problems. I have installed the software for my new 54 Mbps wireless PCI
Adapter network cardand installed the hardware. My PC won't boot up. It
doesn't even get to booting the operating system or sending any signal to my
monitor. If I remove the card and switch on the moitor springs into life and
the system boots into windows. Every time I switch on with the card
installed no signal goes to the monitor and the hard disk stops whirring
after a few sconds and does not boot into windows. Any idea what the problem
could be?


Probably either a defective card or an incompatibility with your
specific motherboard. You might try updating the motherboard's BIOS
but a different make of card is the most likely solution, not an
exchange for another card of same make/model. If your system is
fairly old, one that started out with Win98SE, you probably won't get
full throughput with a 54Mbit adapter though, their througput seems to
increase, needing around 1GHz or faster CPU for good performance.


Dave