XP hardware install failure

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Are you saying that your motherboard does not have an ethernet adaptor or
that it does but you are using an ethernet card or a modem?

"ham Come>" <hdds_#@hotmails.com> wrote in message
news:%23GPdtpMzEHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> Recently after just logging onto my XP ( as Admin) a balloon info pops-up
> in
> the notification area and says:
> "Installing Sis fast Ethernet device...."
> Then after a few second the system hangs and locks up, so that I must
> manually restart the computer.
> The thing is that my "Gigabyte 8S648FX-RZ" motherboard does not have any
> Ethernet at all !
> And this happens almost frequently....
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> My System info :
>
> Software Information
> --------------------
> Operating System : Windows XP Professional (5.01.2600 Service Pack 2)
> DirectX : DirectX 9.0c
>
> Hardware Information
> --------------------
> CPU : Intel Celeron CPU 2400 MHz
> Bus Speed : 133 MHz
> Motherboard : Gigabyte 8S648FX-RZ
> System :
> BIOS : Award F5
> Memory : 256 MB
> Sound : C-Media Wave Device
> Video : RADEON 7000 / RADEON VE Family (Microsoft
> Corporation)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks for help
>