What type of sound card did he add?  I put a SoundBlaster Audigy card in
my WinXP machine recently, and ended up with the firewire interface on
that card as my default network connection (somehow?).

If this isn't it, he needs to check for IRQ conflicts.  It's possible
that the new soundcard needs to be moved to a different PCI slot too, as
on many motherboards they are pre-set to share resources.  I still can't
use the PCI slot just below the AGP connector on my 440BX board.

I'm sorry I can't recall how to check IRQ settings on a Win9x setup; I
know it's in the device manager somewhere, though.

HTH

Eric Wertman

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Eugene Johnson
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 8:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Lost Cable connection when added sound card

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.

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