Network card causing random reboots

This is a discussion about Network card causing random reboots in the Windows Hardware category; My system is perfectly stable, until I enable my second network card. System just up and reboots. . . anyone have any suggestions. I am running Win2k and it's a realtek NIC. I even just did a fresh windows install and still having problem.

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My system is perfectly stable, until I enable my second network card. System just up and reboots...anyone have any suggestions.
I am running Win2k and it's a realtek NIC. I even just did a fresh windows install and still having problem. Is the card gone?
 
Athlon 850
abit ka7
maxtor 20 gb udma 66 7200 rmp
196 mb micron pc100
asus tnt2 utlta
300watt p/s...did it even with my 250 watts
sbl mp3 w/digital i/o board
another realtek nic
acer 6x4x32 cdrw
kenwood 52x
 
I am hoping it is just a setting....
 
thanks
 
Michael

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turn off pnp, and maybe try allocateing irqs for each pci nic slot separatly in bios.
 
It may work, it may not.

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I tried that...didn't help...I thought it worked...but I did put in another 10/100 nic...it doesn't do it if I use just a 10baseT and problem is getting worse...I am getting a stop error...it looks like this
 
STOP: 0x000000D1 (0X00000008, 0X00000002,
0X00000000, 0XBFF3183C)
DRIVER IRQL NOT LESS OF EQUAL
*ADDRESS BFF3183C BASE AT BFF25000
DATESTAMP 38437EBA - NDIS.SYS
BEGINNING OF PHYSICAL DUMP
 
Can anyone help me with this....PLEASE!!!!!
 
Like I said..I put a know good 10/100 card in and I am still having the same problem. As a matter of fact that previous on is in my Win98 machine and not having any problems.
I am at a lost...
 
Thanks