- How do I safely remove a network card?
- Posted by Joe Bloggs on January 2nd, 2004
Hi
I recently purchased two PC's (Win 98SE O/S installed) for family members
and I have since discovered that each has a network card installed. One of
the machines will not fully shut down and the second machine, whilst it
works ok, indicates a faulty Hard Drive at boot up. Both of which I believe
are as a result of previously being part of a network. As a novice to
hardware issues I would be most grateful if anyone could offer advice on how
to safely remove the network card's and resolve these issues.
Many thanks.
- Posted by Carey Holzman on January 2nd, 2004
Make sure to unplug the PC before working on its interior.
Other than that, removal is self-explanatory once you see how it's installed
on the inside.
Carey
"Joe Bloggs" <joe.bloggs@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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- Posted by Clark W. Griswold, Jr. on January 2nd, 2004
"Joe Bloggs" <joe.bloggs@nowhere.net> wrote:
Go into the device manager and uninstall the ethernet driver. Then shut the
machine down and remove the card.
You might be better off looking for an updated driver though...
- Posted by Yousuf Khan on January 2nd, 2004
"Joe Bloggs" <joe.bloggs@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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It's very doubtful that a network card has anything to do with a faulty hard
drive.
As for not shutting down properly, that maybe as a result of the network
card -- sometimes the computer checks the network before it fully shuts
down -- if you don't have a network attached to the network card, it may
wait a long time for the network to respond to it. So for that case, all you
have to do is go into the Control Panel - Network Connections, and disable
the network card in your configuration.
Yousuf Khan
