I have no other parallel port on my computer other than my printer port, which is already pre set into the board. its a plug n play with no jumpers. it only has one port on it. >This sounds like a conflict between the card and some other hardware. Do >you have a parallel port on your motherboard? What are its settings? Is >the card a plug-and-play type or does it have jumper settings? What other >hardware do you have in the system? Is this card just a parallel port or >are there other ports of some kind on it? > >At 03:47 PM 5/4/99 PDT, you wrote: > >ok guyz, I'm tryin 2 plug a single PCI I/O card inside my computer. > >my computer is a PenII and has two slots open. > >whenever I plug it in, I install the driver, and then it restarts. > >when it restarts the computer freezes up just before it loads win98. > >I have changed the settings from ECP, EPP, and Bi-Directional. Always >does > >the same. when I unplug the card the computer boots up fine. I exchanged >the > >card for a different type of card and I am still comeing up with the same > >problem. > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > Digest mode - visit our web site: > http://nospin.com/pc/pcbuild.html _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com The PCBUILD web site always needs good submissions. If you would like to contribute to the website, send any hardware tech tips or hardware reviews to: [log in to unmask]