<It's been my experience that the ONLY way to ensure that the autoinstall <software of one of SMC's network boards works properly is to put it in a <system which does not have PLUG_N_PLAY capability and then ensure it's the Just installed one at work into a file/printserver (W95 and HP6000). Did it by the book and it went as no big deal. I did as usual remove the bad one delete it from the device profile first or W95 will get stupid. I have PnP system of the early genreation types most are P133 and P166 with loads of lagacy stuff around and generally they behave. when they don't I've found the manufacturers disk to be handy (Intel EPRO10/PnP especially) to sort out the occasional errant card pulled from the spares bin (used but known good). Allison