XP computer freeze due to network card.

[pc11]

I have unplugged all the cables before opening the box to add memory. I started the computer without connecting the broadband cable to the network card. It just freezes after windows xp comes up.
Once I removed the card, everything works fine. The problem is repeating when I inserted the network card in to the PCI slot. This has nothing to do with the memory upgrade. Even with the old memory card, the computer still freezes.

Please let me know how to over come this problem.
Thanks.

 

[John Lewis]

Plug your broadband back in.

Sounds like you are trying to get initial configuration information for the card, but since you aren't connected to a DHCP server, the configuration isn't comming along.

Should error out after a period of time and continue to boot if you leave it alone, but if you plug the broadband back in you should be fine.

 

[pc11]

Sorry for the delayed reply, I have to go out of town.
I was able to solve this problem. I found there was an unkown network driver (the icon you see when you go into the properties of the network places)with a cross mark on it. I choose disabled with the right-click of the mouse and removed it. From then i did not encounter any freeze problems.
Thanks.