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poohbear_nc · 06-05-2011, 07:00 PM

I need some help guys. I got roped into installing a NIC card into an old HP Pavilion running XP Home. After wrestling a bit, I got the card slotted in finally and booted up. And the following happened:

1. XP booted and claimed that a network cable was unplugged. I figured I needed to load the driver for the new card. While I was watching the screen, the mouse stopped working, and the keyboard too. I unplugged both and then the mouse started working ... and then stopped again.

So, I rebooted.

2. The mouse is fully functional on the login screen. When XP fully loads, neither the mouse or keyboard works.

I don't want to open this up and pull the NIC card - and this is really not making sense to me.

Any clues or hints before I pull out a hammer?

06-05-2011, 07:00 PM	#1
poohbear_nc Bah! Humbug! Posts: 63,404 Karma: 135239851 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	Insane PC Question I need some help guys. I got roped into installing a NIC card into an old HP Pavilion running XP Home. After wrestling a bit, I got the card slotted in finally and booted up. And the following happened: 1. XP booted and claimed that a network cable was unplugged. I figured I needed to load the driver for the new card. While I was watching the screen, the mouse stopped working, and the keyboard too. I unplugged both and then the mouse started working ... and then stopped again. So, I rebooted. 2. The mouse is fully functional on the login screen. When XP fully loads, neither the mouse or keyboard works. I don't want to open this up and pull the NIC card - and this is really not making sense to me. Any clues or hints before I pull out a hammer?