>>>With all I've read about you having problems with your NIC working in Win 2000, I'd recomend just buying a new one. They're pretty cheap now-a-days.
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>>The nic is built it. Perhaps I can disable it and buy a 2nd 3COM that I know has drivers.
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>I think that would be your best bet. If there isn't a way to disbale the NIC in the bios / setup screen, I'd be surprised.

I popped in a standard 3COM nic this morning, plug and play recognized it, straight away. I didn't have to disable the built in nic. Thanks for your (and everyones') help.