Swapping the motherboard now. Scott McNay wrote: >Hi John, > >Tuesday, June 22, 2004, 6:30:30 PM, Nigel wrote: > >NH> What about the IRQ or the chipset on the pc. I had a modem that shared the >NH> same irq as the printer (5 I think) and when I changed the IRQ to one not >NH> being used it worked fine. > >Let me get this straight: > >1. Works fine when you call another ISP. >2. Works fine with hard drive in another computer. >3. Fails when you install Windows fresh. > >Does that about sum it up? > >1 seems to indicate that the hardware works fine when the software is >changed. 2 seems to indicate that the software works fine when the >hardware is changed. 3 seems to indicate that it's more of a hardware >issue than a software issue. Looks like it might be the kind of thing >where several things interact to create the problem. You'll probably >have to swap parts one-by-one until you find one (or more) swapped >items that makes it work. > > >--Scott. > > -- Regards, John Durham <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> ICQ number 112663246 Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 Award winning web site at http://modecideas.com?sig Order my latest e-book at http://modecideas.com/dmaxhits.htm?sig PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.