Sounds like you have an IRQ conflict with the sound card....check it in your
hardware manager.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Wright" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: Lost Cable connection when added sound card


> At 06:16 PM 6/29/2002, you wrote:
> >Hello list,
> >
> >I am helping my son who is having a problem connecting to the internet
> >via a cable broadband ISP.  He has an Intel D815EEA mobo with Windows
> >ME.  He recently disabled the integral sound and added a PCI sound card
> >and now cannot reconnect to cable.  Any suggestions on how to configure
> >and get back the cable internet connection?  The cable ISP has confirmed
> >the connection is good but must be a conflict in his PC setup.  Thanks
> >for your help.
>
> The Intel D815EEA motherboard comes with an onboard 10/100 lan connector
> or buit-in network card.  If you son disabled the onboard sound in the
CMOS
> settings of the Bios and now the Network has stopped working, odds are
> good that he also disabled the network connection.  You need to reopen
> the CMOS and investigate what all he turned off, surely he can disable one
> without disabling the other.   If not, then you will have a choice:
>
> 1)  Reinable the onboard sound so that the onboard lan will work also
>       and forget the new sound card; or,
> 2)  Install a PCI network card in conjunction with your new sound card.
>
> But, I would be surprised that you have more than a simple mistake in
> your CMOS settings, one where your son turned off the onboard network
> card/lan connection.  Just press the delete key during the post process
> of starting the PC and investigate what changes have been made.  Worse
> case here, you can return it to the default settings and then disable the
> onboard sound again.
>
>      Bob Wright
> The NoSpin Group
> http://freepctech.com
>
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