Recently I enabled the USB port on my computer (IBM Aptiva, Win 98). In order to do so I disabled by NIC card (Kingston Ether PCI 10/100), enabled the USB, rebooted then re-enabled the NIC card. I had previously been advised that the USB would require IRQ 14 which was then being used by the NIC. Since then on every other boot I loose the network because the NIC card is not assigned an IRQ. When the net work is available the NIC gets IRQ 3, IRQ 4 becomes com 3 or 5; IRQ 7 & 10 are AT&T Win Modem. When the network is not available IRQ 3 is COM2, IRQ 4 & 10 are AT&T Win Modem. Or if I disable the AT&T Win Modem, something else gets assigned to IRQ 3 and the NIC is not assigned and IRQ. I would like to get the NIC to IRQ 10. Every time that I attempt to assign the settings for the NIC is reverts to settings in use by the Motherboard and I’m not sure how to set it for IRQ 10. Any suggestions?