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by lab dog

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I have Windows XP on a computer with an older IWill vx133u motherboard with a VIA chip set. When a Belkin F5D8000 network card is inserted into the Belkin PCI card during set up, the computer immediately locks up. If the network card is removed, the computer is fine. I can start in safe mode with both PCI card and network card installed and have no problems. I have the latest Belkin drivers installed and have tried various versions of VIA motherboard chip sets with the same results. The BIOS is the latest version available for the motherboard. The exact same set up on another computer with an Intel motherboard works flawlessly. Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

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by bfilmfan

Have you tried upgrading the firmware on the systems BIOS and the card, if available?

That really sounds like a BIOS level conflict.

by lab dog

BFilmFan,
Thank you for the feedback. I have the most up to date bios that is available for that board, but it is dated 2001; i.e. Award bios v6.00PG, dated 11/08/01. I am willing to try a more up to date bios, but not sure which to try without toasting the board. Any ideas where to look?

by oh smeg

That is the newest BIOS available for this M'Board.

Sometimes with these older Chip Set M'Boards you get a PCI Address conflict and you need to move the PCI card to a different PCI Slot. Try changing the PCI Slot that this is plugged into and see if that alleviates the problem.

Col

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