Im currently trying to put wireless internet into my house.
I have the router all going no problems, my next step was to install the PCI network card into my PC
I read the instructions which told me to install the software first then the hardware which I did.
When I turned my compuer on it ran very very slow and tryed to set the new card up. I left it for 10 mins and the mouse was still very jerky on the screen and the computer did not seem to be doing anything. I took out new card and the computer ran as normal??
I thought it may be a conflict somewhere, so I formatted my HD and started afresh. However the problem re-occured and I noticed the card was getting very hot. When I took the card out it was fine.
The card its a netgear wireless 54mps (?) I got it from ebuyer, the packaging it came in looked a bit damaged but the card looked ok.
I think the card is at fault as it should not get hot.
My computer is a P4 2800 with 512meg ram and a asus (sp) mother board.
Im sure my compuer can cope as it quite fast.
Any ideas on what could be going wrong?
Scott
I have the router all going no problems, my next step was to install the PCI network card into my PC
I read the instructions which told me to install the software first then the hardware which I did.
When I turned my compuer on it ran very very slow and tryed to set the new card up. I left it for 10 mins and the mouse was still very jerky on the screen and the computer did not seem to be doing anything. I took out new card and the computer ran as normal??
I thought it may be a conflict somewhere, so I formatted my HD and started afresh. However the problem re-occured and I noticed the card was getting very hot. When I took the card out it was fine.
The card its a netgear wireless 54mps (?) I got it from ebuyer, the packaging it came in looked a bit damaged but the card looked ok.
I think the card is at fault as it should not get hot.
My computer is a P4 2800 with 512meg ram and a asus (sp) mother board.
Im sure my compuer can cope as it quite fast.
Any ideas on what could be going wrong?
Scott