A friend of mine recently installed a Monster3d II (voodoo2 based)into
his K6 233 and since the install his system has been acting strangely.

The computer boots fine the first time (after being left off overnight),
and all is well until he disconnects from the internet, then the modem
makes clicking nosies (the same clicking noises it makes when it opens
or closes connection), about 2 per second.  This only stops when the
system is powered down.

On successive boots the screen remains blank, and the bios does not
beep.  The computer will boot normally if it is left powered off for
around 30 seconds.  It then behaves normally, but the modem is not
accessible.

THe next morning the process repeats itself, everything works fine on
the first boot (even the modem), then it wil not boot until left alone
for a short while, and finally when it boots the modem is not
accessible.

Is this normal behavior for a system with some type of hardware
conflict?  It is possible that the motherboard/modem may have been
damaged in the installation of the 3d card, but I am at a loss to
explain the behavior of the system.

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Bill Rosgen, aka Glucose
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