DAMM AND BLAST IT TO HELL!!!, . .right,, rebuilt the whole machine useing different motherboard, every thing works fine have good agp graphic card in agp slot ,nothing else, stick modem into pci slot and machine refuses to boot.. .. .arrrggghhh, tried modem in my machine and it works fine, tried my modem is this machine and same thing happens, with any card in pci slot machine comes on then trips out.. .As far As I know this motherboard was fine when took it out of machine.. .Gettin desperate here, three poxy days I been on trying to get a bloody modem to work.. . . . <small>[ 04 March 2002, 21:38: Message edited by: tony draper ]</small>