Howdy During my first stumbling step with SuSE i ran into some NIC problem that Marshall kindly unfolded for me. He among other things told me to have a look at the possibility of a irq conflict. Well everything started to work so it was put off for later. Now i have had a look at the startup sequence, and it is not a pretty site ;-) Here is what shows in bios boot up. Bus | Dev | Fun | Dev Class | Irq 0 1 1 Sm Buss 9 0 2 0 Usb 1,1 5 0 2 1 Usb 1,1 11 0 2 2 Usb 2,0 9 0 4 0 Net card 9 0 9 0 IDE 14 0 13 0 IEEE 1394 Host 5 1 10 0 Multimedia 11 1 10 1 Input NA 1 10 2 IEEE 1394 Host 11 1 11 0 Net card 9 1 13 0 Mass Storage 11 3 0 0 Display 11 ACPI 9 Not a pretty site at all. Below is what Windooze thinks about it. (ISA) 0 System Timer (ISA) 1 Keyboard (ISA) 2 NOT USED (ISA) 3 Comm 2 (ISA) 4 Comm 1 (ISA) 5 NOT USED (ISA) 6 Standard Disk (ISA) 7 NOT USED (ISA) 8 Sys CMOS (ISA) 9 ACPI (ISA) 10 MPU-401 Midi (ISA) 11 NOT USED (ISA) 12 PS/2 Mouse (ISA) 13 Numeric Data Processor (ISA) 14 Pri IDE (ISA) 15 Sec IDE (PCI) 9 Nvidia nForce PCI System Management (PCI) 16 Intel Pro 1000 Nic (PCI) 18 Creative Audigy zs (PCI) 18 Silicon Image SATA Link Controller (PCI) 19 Nvidia GeForce FX5600 (PCI) 19 OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394-Host (PCI) 20 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller (PCI) 21 nVidia nForce MCP Nic (PCI) 21 Standard Open HCD Usb Host (PCI) 22 OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394-Host (PCI) 22 Standard Open HCD Usb Host It looks like a mess ... Only the Sound & Video are cards the rest is on the mobo. Sense the irq's differ between boot and win. I presume i got it in plug and play mod in bios.The problem us i can only change the irq of the outside cards in bios, not the on board stuff. I'm thinking of playing around with the settings in bios to see if i can get things going. Questions. 1. If i change irq and SuSE don t like it. Is it enough to change it back or is there a possibility to ruin the installation. 2. Any suggestions on what to do to separate the irq's. 3. If i switch off one of the usb and one of the ieee, what happens to SuSE when it does not find them tough they was installed. 4. Is there a simple way to see in SuSE what the irq's are. I locked at HWINFO but then i have to do it for all devices. Is there a place to See all irq's given. 5. I've only seen ISA 1-15 before, never PCI 9-22. How does SuSE handle it. Or is it M$ handling only. Phiew T hank's every one on list for all the interesting writing. It's so much to read and try out that it's hard to get time to wright :-) //Andy