<sienk700@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> I got a pci sound card (Sound Blaster Audigy2) from a friend and
> attempted to install it in my computer today. When I booted up windows
> didn't recognize it properly (couldn't find any drivers) and I had no
> network connectivity ("a network cable is unplugged" message).
>
> The sound card isn't a big deal, but I need to get my network working
> again. I removed the sound card and booted up again, still no network
> connection.
> I checked the cable to the network hub in another computer and it
> worked fine so the problem definitely lies with the machine itself.
>
> I tried disabling and enabling the network device in the bios, and
> restoring XP to a restore point before I put the sound card in, but
> still no network connectivity.
>
> The motherboard is an ASUS A8N32 Sli Deluxe and I'm using the onboard
> LAN which has been working perfectly up until now. Any ideas why the
> sound card would suddenly cripple it? What could I do to fix my
> network again?

When you installed the new card, perhaps the BIOS shuffled round the address
of things and didn't move the network card back after removal of the sound
card.

Try completely removing the device from your device manager - select the
card and press delete key. Then reboot windows - it will automatically find
the same device and re-add it.