Can Ethernet card cause crash?

[aprila434]

we have a pair of Fry's Electronics 7240M computers that
are supposedly networked together (we still haven't
figured out how to get it to work though) On my boyfriends
computer, In "my network places" i changed the ehternet
card from the one that came on the computer to the realtek
one that the phone co put in, as it is set up in my
computer, almost immediately i got an error message from
microsoft. then 5 days later, his computer locked up and
now just continually cycles thru the start up cycle, we
very briefly see the BSOD, but only for a split second,
could changing the ethernet card do this? If so, how do
we fix it? The only cd we have for the computer is a
recovery cd, and we can't afford to lose the info we
currently have on the system, which if we use the cd, it
will erase everything!!

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well try and download the correct drivers for your network
card from the internet, or replace both network card with a
different brand. I would remove both cards, and see if the
cpu's boot safely, give that a try.

Alvin


aprila434 wrote:

> we have a pair of Fry's Electronics 7240M computers that
> are supposedly networked together (we still haven't
> figured out how to get it to work though) On my boyfriends
> computer, In "my network places" i changed the ehternet
> card from the one that came on the computer to the realtek
> one that the phone co put in, as it is set up in my
> computer, almost immediately i got an error message from
> microsoft. then 5 days later, his computer locked up and
> now just continually cycles thru the start up cycle, we
> very briefly see the BSOD, but only for a split second,
> could changing the ethernet card do this? If so, how do
> we fix it? The only cd we have for the computer is a
> recovery cd, and we can't afford to lose the info we
> currently have on the system, which if we use the cd, it
> will erase everything!!

[aprila434]

thanks for your help, however we cannot even get past the
start up screen before the computer restarts itself. So
getting into the internet is impossible at this point.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hello
>
>Well try and download the correct drivers for your network
>card from the internet, or replace both network card with
a
>different brand. I would remove both cards, and see if the
>cpu's boot safely, give that a try.
>
>Alvin
>
>
>aprila434 wrote:
>
>> we have a pair of Fry's Electronics 7240M computers that
>> are supposedly networked together (we still haven't
>> figured out how to get it to work though) On my
boyfriends
>> computer, In "my network places" i changed the ehternet
>> card from the one that came on the computer to the
realtek
>> one that the phone co put in, as it is set up in my
>> computer, almost immediately i got an error message from
>> microsoft. then 5 days later, his computer locked up
and
>> now just continually cycles thru the start up cycle, we
>> very briefly see the BSOD, but only for a split second,
>> could changing the ethernet card do this? If so, how do
>> we fix it? The only cd we have for the computer is a
>> recovery cd, and we can't afford to lose the info we
>> currently have on the system, which if we use the cd, it
>> will erase everything!!
>
>.
>

[Alvin A Brown]

Hello

Well remove both cards, and reboot your pc, try and see if
you can get inot safe mode also.



aprila434 wrote:

> thanks for your help, however we cannot even get past the
> start up screen before the computer restarts itself. So
> getting into the internet is impossible at this point.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello
> >
> >Well try and download the correct drivers for your network
> >card from the internet, or replace both network card with
> a
> >different brand. I would remove both cards, and see if the
> >cpu's boot safely, give that a try.
> >
> >Alvin
> >
> >
> >aprila434 wrote:
> >
> >> we have a pair of Fry's Electronics 7240M computers that
> >> are supposedly networked together (we still haven't
> >> figured out how to get it to work though) On my
> boyfriends
> >> computer, In "my network places" i changed the ehternet
> >> card from the one that came on the computer to the
> realtek
> >> one that the phone co put in, as it is set up in my
> >> computer, almost immediately i got an error message from
> >> microsoft. then 5 days later, his computer locked up
> and
> >> now just continually cycles thru the start up cycle, we
> >> very briefly see the BSOD, but only for a split second,
> >> could changing the ethernet card do this? If so, how do
> >> we fix it? The only cd we have for the computer is a
> >> recovery cd, and we can't afford to lose the info we
> >> currently have on the system, which if we use the cd, it
> >> will erase everything!!
> >
> >.
> >

[Alvin A Brown]

Hi

remove both cards, restart your pc, and then press F8 and
go into safe mode and hopefully you should be able to remove
the network cards. Once done reboot again and lets see if the
pc continue's to reboot after that



Alvin A Brown wrote:

> Hello
>
> Well remove both cards, and reboot your pc, try and see if
> you can get inot safe mode also.
>
> aprila434 wrote:
>
> > thanks for your help, however we cannot even get past the
> > start up screen before the computer restarts itself. So
> > getting into the internet is impossible at this point.
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Hello
> > >
> > >Well try and download the correct drivers for your network
> > >card from the internet, or replace both network card with
> > a
> > >different brand. I would remove both cards, and see if the
> > >cpu's boot safely, give that a try.
> > >
> > >Alvin
> > >
> > >
> > >aprila434 wrote:
> > >
> > >> we have a pair of Fry's Electronics 7240M computers that
> > >> are supposedly networked together (we still haven't
> > >> figured out how to get it to work though) On my
> > boyfriends
> > >> computer, In "my network places" i changed the ehternet
> > >> card from the one that came on the computer to the
> > realtek
> > >> one that the phone co put in, as it is set up in my
> > >> computer, almost immediately i got an error message from
> > >> microsoft. then 5 days later, his computer locked up
> > and
> > >> now just continually cycles thru the start up cycle, we
> > >> very briefly see the BSOD, but only for a split second,
> > >> could changing the ethernet card do this? If so, how do
> > >> we fix it? The only cd we have for the computer is a
> > >> recovery cd, and we can't afford to lose the info we
> > >> currently have on the system, which if we use the cd, it
> > >> will erase everything!!
> > >
> > >.
> > >

[aprila434]

HI Alvin,
Thank you for your help, I will do that as soon as I get
home this evening!! I really appreciate the help you have
given us!
Thanks Again
April
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>remove both cards, restart your pc, and then press F8 and
>go into safe mode and hopefully you should be able to
remove
>the network cards. Once done reboot again and lets see if
the
>pc continue's to reboot after that
>
>
>
>Alvin A Brown wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> Well remove both cards, and reboot your pc, try and see
if
>> you can get inot safe mode also.
>>
>> aprila434 wrote:
>>
>> > thanks for your help, however we cannot even get past
the
>> > start up screen before the computer restarts itself.
So
>> > getting into the internet is impossible at this point.
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >Hello
>> > >
>> > >Well try and download the correct drivers for your
network
>> > >card from the internet, or replace both network card
with
>> > a
>> > >different brand. I would remove both cards, and see
if the
>> > >cpu's boot safely, give that a try.
>> > >
>> > >Alvin
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >aprila434 wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> we have a pair of Fry's Electronics 7240M
computers that
>> > >> are supposedly networked together (we still haven't
>> > >> figured out how to get it to work though) On my
>> > boyfriends
>> > >> computer, In "my network places" i changed the
ehternet
>> > >> card from the one that came on the computer to the
>> > realtek
>> > >> one that the phone co put in, as it is set up in my
>> > >> computer, almost immediately i got an error
message from
>> > >> microsoft. then 5 days later, his computer locked
up
>> > and
>> > >> now just continually cycles thru the start up
cycle, we
>> > >> very briefly see the BSOD, but only for a split
second,
>> > >> could changing the ethernet card do this? If so,
how do
>> > >> we fix it? The only cd we have for the computer
is a
>> > >> recovery cd, and we can't afford to lose the info
we
>> > >> currently have on the system, which if we use the
cd, it
>> > >> will erase everything!!
>> > >
>> > >.
>> > >
>
>.
>