We are using old computers (about 1998 vintage) at work with no nic cards.
We wanted to connect to a dsl modem. I purchased and installed a US Robotics
10/100 Mbps nic card. Computer was fine before installation. After
installation, when I turned on the power the hard drive did not respond in
anyway and only the fan was spinning. Nothing else seemed to be working. Is
it possible that the nic card shorted out the motherboard? Luckily
everything we need was backed up but the computer is dysfunctional now. This
is an early E Machine and I have almost no documentation with it so I don't
know anything about the components. Does anybody have any idea as to what I
can do other than complete replacement of the machine? Additionally I also
have an old GW which has to get a nic card as well-also about the same
vintage. On the US Robotics box it says that the available PCI slot should
be 2.1 compliant-was this the problem? Could the slot have been too old? I
have never come across anything like this and I am worried that the same
thing will happen to the GW. Unfortunately my boss will not replace the old
computers at this time so any help you can give me would be greatly
appreciated. TIA, Barbara K
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