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by usbport1 2 views

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I've got a really tough problem with a Toshiba Satellite 1730XCD laptop running Win98SE and a Linksys PCM100 Fast Ethernet NIC. I followed Linksys instructions (since I don't work with many laptops) and loaded the drivers. When I went to set the network settings I noticed that the mouse would freeze for several seconds then work for several seconds - off & on. I made the settings and rebooted and had the same problems and couldn't connect to the network. Also, the only light on the card that was on was the 10/100 - the Link & Act lights weren't on. Checked all IRQ & I/O settings and found no conflicts. The NIC was using IRQ 11 & I/O 300-310 and had no conflicts - there is nothing else even sharing IRQ 11. I've tried a multitude of things to no avail. Tried changing the IRQ and I/O and was able to connect to network but after rebooting I had same problem. I've unloaded - reloaded drivers. Looked for new drivers but mine were the newest out. Tried removing McAfee and other software - still nothing. Tried unloading - reloading PC card services. I really could use some new ideas to try. Thanks!!!

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by dpalsen

Check the IRQ your mouse is on(should be 12?), and you also didn't mention what IRQ you tried changing to, but my recommendation is try freeing up IRQ10, and using it for the NIC, since that's the standard setting for a NIC. Hope this helps. Try www.alloycp.com.au/Technical/IRQ.HTM. This is the page I pulled part of this from.

-Dave

by usbport1

Mouse is using IRQ 12. I tried chaging the NIC to 4 & 3 - the only IRQs available other than 11 (this laptop has no COM ports) but it didn't make any differrence. There are 7 devices using IRQ 10 which is what I what like to use. I tried to force itto use IRQ 5 & then 10 but the OS wouldn't let me without giving an error message and disabling the NIC. I tried to move the devices using IRQ 10 to other IRQs and the OS said that "The resource setting cannot be modified". All 7 devices did this soI even tried to disable them and that wouldn't work either. I think I'm gonna have to break down and call Linksys. Thanks for your suggestions though.

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