Same problem here, I've tried 2 NICs, one ISA, one PCI. The PCI solved the
problem until I tried to change the "AutoSense Media" to 100Mbps Half
Duplex, after that the PC won't boot but reset each time after the 2
minutes; the ISA (no matter in what slot I put it) remains delaying the boot
process for 2 minutes.

Strange isn't it??? I'm still trying to get things right here, I'll let you
know what happens.

Cesar Mendoza

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I loaded the latest Win98 Chipset (Intel 430TX) drivers for the mobo.  Got
the
correct version of Win98 cab files (Win98 first ed.) on the system.
Physically
removed NIC.  Removed and re-installed all networking "components" (Clients,
Protocols, Services).  Re-installed NIC.  The boot up was still nearly 2
minutes
following P.O.S.T.

Changed the PCI slot of the NIC to the 2nd PCI slot (under video CCA) and
the
system locked up booting in to Windows.  Changed the position of the NIC
again -
this time to the lowest PCI slot (ISA shared slot).  (Dropped ISA sound CCA
down
one ISA slot to accomodate this move.)  That cut the boot time in half (to
right at
1 minute following P.O.S.T.) - networking function is returned (can see
local
system and other nodes on the LAN now in Network Neighborhood).  The
improvement is
significant enough to warrant a halt to this battle and move on to others.
I am,
however, still open to feed back re: the cause of this problem and why
moving the
NIC to a different PCI slot improved the situation.  I'm sure I'll see this
again
sometime.

Note: The mobo has no AGP slot - and, one cannot assign IRQ's to expansion
slots on
this  board.  The slots can only be designated PnP or Legacy ISA.

Thanx again to all who contributed.  I really appreciate your taking the
time to
help.


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