How do I safely remove a network card?

Hi

I recently purchased two PC's (Win 98SE O/S installed) for family members
and I have since discovered that each has a network card installed. One of
the machines will not fully shut down and the second machine, whilst it
works ok, indicates a faulty Hard Drive at boot up. Both of which I believe
are as a result of previously being part of a network. As a novice to
hardware issues I would be most grateful if anyone could offer advice on how
to safely remove the network card's and resolve these issues.
Many thanks.

Make sure to unplug the PC before working on its interior.

Other than that, removal is self-explanatory once you see how it's installed
on the inside.

Carey

"Joe Bloggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I recently purchased two PC's (Win 98SE O/S installed) for family members
> and I have since discovered that each has a network card installed. One
of
> the machines will not fully shut down and the second machine, whilst it
> works ok, indicates a faulty Hard Drive at boot up. Both of which I
believe
> are as a result of previously being part of a network. As a novice to
> hardware issues I would be most grateful if anyone could offer advice on
how
> to safely remove the network card's and resolve these issues.
> Many thanks.
>
>

"Joe Bloggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I recently purchased two PC's (Win 98SE O/S installed) for family members
>and I have since discovered that each has a network card installed. One of
>the machines will not fully shut down and the second machine, whilst it
>works ok, indicates a faulty Hard Drive at boot up. Both of which I believe
>are as a result of previously being part of a network. As a novice to
>hardware issues I would be most grateful if anyone could offer advice on how
>to safely remove the network card's and resolve these issues.


Go into the device manager and uninstall the ethernet driver. Then shut the
machine down and remove the card.

You might be better off looking for an updated driver though...

"Joe Bloggs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I recently purchased two PC's (Win 98SE O/S installed) for family members
> and I have since discovered that each has a network card installed. One
of
> the machines will not fully shut down and the second machine, whilst it
> works ok, indicates a faulty Hard Drive at boot up. Both of which I
believe
> are as a result of previously being part of a network. As a novice to
> hardware issues I would be most grateful if anyone could offer advice on
how
> to safely remove the network card's and resolve these issues.
> Many thanks.

It's very doubtful that a network card has anything to do with a faulty hard
drive.

As for not shutting down properly, that maybe as a result of the network
card -- sometimes the computer checks the network before it fully shuts
down -- if you don't have a network attached to the network card, it may
wait a long time for the network to respond to it. So for that case, all you
have to do is go into the Control Panel - Network Connections, and disable
the network card in your configuration.

Yousuf Khan