PC freezes when wireless card installed

[vinegar_tom]

Hi all,

I have recently had to reinstall windows due to a hard drive fault. I was in the process of installing everything, but when I get to installing the wireless card (which is a bundled PCI card, with the Asus A8V Deluxe motherboard I have), the machine freezes and will not respond to anything (inc. ctrl-alt-del).

I have tried unistalling all software and putting the card back in, but to no avail.

I can't find an entry for the card in Device Manager in order to uninstall the drivers for it quick enough before the machine freezes, and obviously can't uninstall them when the card is not present.

Do I just need to buy a new card, or is there a way of solving this? I'm sure the constant forced rebooting of the PC is not doing the hard disk any good....

Thanks for your help & advice.

vinegar

 

[Firegod]

Hmm, is the BIOS up-to-date mate? Also, are all the chipset drivers installed and windows up-to-date before you installed the card? Does a change of PCI slot make a difference of does it still lock up?

Have you tried disabling any un-needed stuff on the board to rule out any IRQ problems. So items like, Parallel Ports, SATA and Firewire Controllers, etc etc.