I would start by moving it to a different slot.

kristo wrote:

> I have a conflict between
> * TRIDENT VIDEO ACCELERATOR BLADE 3D/MVP4 (driver version: 5.1.2001.0) =
> onboard
> and
> * an SMC PCI wifi card (model: SMCWPCI-G)
>
> If both devices are enabled my machine (running winxp) won't boot. It hangs
> before the login screen is shown.
> If I disable one of them there is no problem. However, if I re-enable the
> disabled device after boot, my machine will hang within 5 minutes.
> As far as I know I am running the latest drivers. I have reinstalled winxp
> (thus: it s not a SP2 matter or virus or malware thing -> it s a neat, clean
> machine) but the problem persists.
>
> I suspect it s a PCI conflict, although video and wifi are assigned a
> different IRQ. BTW, the wifi card replaces an old ethernet card in the same
> slot.
> The problem is that I do not know how to determine the cause. The F8 boot
> logging option does not give appropriate info, the event logger shuts up when
> the machine hangs.
> I don't feel like spending two days installing some linux distro to
> determine whether it s OS related.
>
> If anyone has a suggestion?
>
> Thx,
>
> Kris