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by d_n_a1au

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OS=2000pro
Ram= 128
cpu= 266mhz
the computer was working ok until i went to network the computer. went to put in a nic then relised that had an onboard nic. ever since i tried to network this computer it freezes up all the time after boot up..
I've took out the floppy as i had a problem before and it was the floppy driv. taken out the CD rom, change ide cables..
the bois is limited and i can't change the i/o settings..
I'm running out of ways of trying to fix the problem.

Cheers
Doug

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by tduval

Try to boot in last good known config, then remove in your hardware monitor any reference to all the nics you can find.
If not enought, explore registry and remove entries.

by tech_wiz03

You say your bios is limited, but can you disable the onboard nic? If so disable it, remove any added nic card you may have put in, boot pc to safe mode and potentially you will be able to remove the nic stuff from the device manager. then you have choice of enabling the onboard nic or adding a third party nic and letting windows do it's song and dance to reinstall the drivers.

hope this helps

rick

by coldman

disconnected the pc from the network,
remove the nic card,
remove the network driver of all the nic,
restart PC,
reconfigure the PC to use the build-in nic,
if it works, stick with it,
use the nic card for other PC that don't have build-in nic.

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