On board NIC test

Can I remove a Linksys LNE100TX NIC from a WIN98SE PC and continue to use
that PC without harm to the PC? This is my wife's PC and I can't take any
chances with it. If this might cause any harm to the software or hardware
on her PC then I will gladly spend $20. to buy another NIC and leave her
machine undisturbed.

I need to use the Lynksys NIC to test a Biostar NF325-A7 MOBO in a newly
built PC. The onboard NIC on that MOBO may be bad and I know of no other
way to test it other than to install another NIC. Will I need to disable
the onboard NIC before I install the Linksys NIC and if so how can I do
that?

I have reinstalled the OS and the drivers on this newly built PC and
configured the onboard NIC several times. When I run WINIPCFG I only get
PPP adapter info. If I run IPCONFIG from a DOS window I get the following:

0 Ethernet adapter :
IP Address. : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . :

On a my other PC's with properly functioning NIC's I get the following:

0 Ethernet adapter :
IP Address. : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . :

1 Ethernet adapter :
IP Address. .: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . : 225.225.225.0
Default Gateway . :

I have manually assigned IP addresses to all of the PC's. I have dialup
modems on two of my three PC's and am using only a switch (no router).

Device Manager does not show any problems with the onboard NIC. I have not
installed a modem in this PC. There is a default dialup adapter that is
installed with the OS and I have tried to install a driver thinking that I
might need a modem driver installed in order to get the onboard NIC to work
but it didn't. I would appreciate your help.

"pcbldrNinetyEight" <pcbldrninetyeight.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A3DA16CE540CpcbldrNinetyEight@216.168.3.44...

> I need to use the Lynksys NIC to test a Biostar NF325-A7 MOBO in a newly
> built PC. The onboard NIC on that MOBO may be bad and I know of no other
> way to test it other than to install another NIC. Will I need to disable
> the onboard NIC before I install the Linksys NIC and if so how can I do
> that?

Yes, any on board function must be disabled if you want
to instal a card for this function.
Interrupt reboot to get to the BIOS menus where you will
find an Enable/Disable toggle for the on-board network card.
On my AMI BIOS menus this item appears under
/Advanced / On Board Devices.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)