explorer.exe using 100% of CPU

[Jason]

The AMD is OK and the SMC ethernet card is on the HCL.
The driver for the SMC isn't 'digitally signed' but it is
on the HCL.

I'm going back through WinXP installtion now with the card
installed hoping that maybe it will see it during
installation and fix the problem that way.



>-----Original Message-----
>you sure your amd hardware and the NICs ar eon the HCL
ofr
>XP
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've been tryingn to install a network card in my
>computer
>>(AMD Athlon 750Mhz, 512MB, Win XP Home Ed.). I've tried
>>two different cards, one SMC Ethernet card and one
>Netgear
>>wireless USB adapter.
>>
>>After I get it installed and restart the computer,
>>explorer.exe begins using 100% of the CPU and uses
memory
>>at a rate of about 1MB per second until the machine
>>crashes.
>>
>>I've uninstalled McAfee Internet Security and Firewall
to
>>see if they were conflicting with them somehow. Still
no
>>luck.
>>
>>The funny thing is that I can plug my cable modem
>directly
>>into a USB port and it works just fine.
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>Jason
>>.
>>
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