SMC wireless card - monitor goes dark

I put a new wireless card SMC2802W into my old computer (Pentium II
333MHz based on i440LX chipset, Windows 98). The screen goes dark
(Power Save mode) as soon as I turn the power on. I verified that I
have matched all minimum requirements for the SMC card. The tech
support did not help. Although I have an old machine, I'd still like
to figure out a way to make it work. Is anyone aware of a reason why
this happens and/or how it can be fixed? Possibly any BIOS settings
that can be tweaked?

Thanks,
jimmy

Run the computer without the card installed. Go into the CMOS setup and
disable any power saving then do the same in Windows. Reboot and now insert
the card. Are there any newer drivers?

"jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I put a new wireless card SMC2802W into my old computer (Pentium II
> 333MHz based on i440LX chipset, Windows 98). The screen goes dark
> (Power Save mode) as soon as I turn the power on. I verified that I
> have matched all minimum requirements for the SMC card. The tech
> support did not help. Although I have an old machine, I'd still like
> to figure out a way to make it work. Is anyone aware of a reason why
> this happens and/or how it can be fixed? Possibly any BIOS settings
> that can be tweaked?
>
> Thanks,
> jimmy

John,

I don't think it's the power management itself - sometimes the Power
Save message is preceded by the "Cable disconnected" message from the
monitor. So it's as if the monitor or video adapter get cutoff when
the SMC card is in.

Thanks for any insight on this.


"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<AvGeb.180$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Run the computer without the card installed. Go into the CMOS setup and
> disable any power saving then do the same in Windows. Reboot and now insert
> the card. Are there any newer drivers?
>
> "jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > I put a new wireless card SMC2802W into my old computer (Pentium II
> > 333MHz based on i440LX chipset, Windows 98). The screen goes dark
> > (Power Save mode) as soon as I turn the power on. I verified that I
> > have matched all minimum requirements for the SMC card. The tech
> > support did not help. Although I have an old machine, I'd still like
> > to figure out a way to make it work. Is anyone aware of a reason why
> > this happens and/or how it can be fixed? Possibly any BIOS settings
> > that can be tweaked?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > jimmy

You might have an IRQ overload/conflict. See which devices are sharing IRQ9.

"jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> John,
>
> I don't think it's the power management itself - sometimes the Power
> Save message is preceded by the "Cable disconnected" message from the
> monitor. So it's as if the monitor or video adapter get cutoff when
> the SMC card is in.
>
> Thanks for any insight on this.
>
>
> "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<AvGeb.180$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > Run the computer without the card installed. Go into the CMOS setup and
> > disable any power saving then do the same in Windows. Reboot and now
insert
> > the card. Are there any newer drivers?
> >
> > "jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > > I put a new wireless card SMC2802W into my old computer (Pentium II
> > > 333MHz based on i440LX chipset, Windows 98). The screen goes dark
> > > (Power Save mode) as soon as I turn the power on. I verified that I
> > > have matched all minimum requirements for the SMC card. The tech
> > > support did not help. Although I have an old machine, I'd still like
> > > to figure out a way to make it work. Is anyone aware of a reason why
> > > this happens and/or how it can be fixed? Possibly any BIOS settings
> > > that can be tweaked?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > jimmy

I checked the IRQ's, there are no conflicts. I even disabled PCI
Steering, just in case; and turned off Hardware Acceleration on the
video card. Still, when I insert the SMC wireless card into the slot,
and turn the power on, the monitor is dark - I can't even get into the
BIOS. What could be the cause of this?

Thank you,
jimmy

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Ragfb.8718$(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> You might have an IRQ overload/conflict. See which devices are sharing IRQ9.
>
> "jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > John,
> >
> > I don't think it's the power management itself - sometimes the Power
> > Save message is preceded by the "Cable disconnected" message from the
> > monitor. So it's as if the monitor or video adapter get cutoff when
> > the SMC card is in.
> >
> > Thanks for any insight on this.
> >
> >
> > "John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:<AvGeb.180$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > > Run the computer without the card installed. Go into the CMOS setup and
> > > disable any power saving then do the same in Windows. Reboot and now
> insert
> > > the card. Are there any newer drivers?
> > >
> > > "jimmy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > > > I put a new wireless card SMC2802W into my old computer (Pentium II
> > > > 333MHz based on i440LX chipset, Windows 98). The screen goes dark
> > > > (Power Save mode) as soon as I turn the power on. I verified that I
> > > > have matched all minimum requirements for the SMC card. The tech
> > > > support did not help. Although I have an old machine, I'd still like
> > > > to figure out a way to make it work. Is anyone aware of a reason why
> > > > this happens and/or how it can be fixed? Possibly any BIOS settings
> > > > that can be tweaked?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > jimmy