"DanR" <dhr22@sorrynospm.com> wrote in message
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>
> fhm wrote:
>> It was a DLink wireless NIC card, I don't remember the model number. The
>> PC
>> is running Win98SE.
>> The PC never completely started after I installed the card. I smelled the
>> smoke within 30 seconds of turning it on. I shut it down, removed the
>> card;
>> which was toasted!
>>
> Sounds like card was bad. Probably something shorted causing the PC power
> supply
> to (hopefully) clamp down. I think it's your gamble if you want to try
> another
> card. If there is obvious visual damage to the card it's possible to
> determine
> what circuit fried and then conclude if that would take down the computer
> power
> supply. But I doubt it's worth the trouble. If you have any old PCI card
> laying
> around (not a duplicate of what's already installed) you could install it
> and
> see if it smokes. Hopefully the PCI bus is OK but you say you can boot so
> maybe
> all is well.
>

The bus must still be working because my Ethernet NIC is still OK. Thanks.