Insane PC Question

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?

ardeegee · 06-05-2011, 07:47 PM

Sounds like an old-fashioned IRC/DMA conflict. Don't remember if I ever had one of those on XP, though. (Unlike older versions of Windows, when installing a new piece of hardware meant spending hours (or days!) moving jumpers and shuffling bits.)

poohbear_nc · 06-05-2011, 07:50 PM

I thought of that - but had never encountered it after leaving Win 98.

What was creepy was initially everything worked just dandy ... and then the mouse & keyboard stopped working.

SameOldStory · 06-05-2011, 10:30 PM

Try uninstalling all three in device manager. Restart the computer.

06-05-2011, 07:00 PM	#1
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,881 Karma: 135181808 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?

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06-05-2011, 07:47 PM	#2
ardeegee Maratus speciosus butt Posts: 3,292 Karma: 1162698 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-350	Sounds like an old-fashioned IRC/DMA conflict. Don't remember if I ever had one of those on XP, though. (Unlike older versions of Windows, when installing a new piece of hardware meant spending hours (or days!) moving jumpers and shuffling bits.)

06-05-2011, 07:50 PM	#3
poohbear_nc Now what? Posts: 58,881 Karma: 135181808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Durham, NC Device: Every Kindle Ever Made & To Be Made!	I thought of that - but had never encountered it after leaving Win 98. What was creepy was initially everything worked just dandy ... and then the mouse & keyboard stopped working.

06-05-2011, 10:30 PM	#4
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	Try uninstalling all three in device manager. Restart the computer.

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