I am trying to make a small home cluster. For my main computer it has an intergated 100 base T NIC. I wanted to install a second gigabyte NIC to go over to my cluster, and keep the first NIC as my decaded Internet line. I have heard and read that you can use computers as routers and such so I didn't think it would be a problem but I didn't think about it to much. When ever I installed the gigabyte NIC I guess I am haveing problems with the interrups in the CMOS. How do you go in and over ride them and what numbers should I enter in place of the current ones. On my mobo it says jp1 1-2 normal 2-3 clear cmos jp2 1-2 dissable cmos editting 2-3 enable cmos editting. Not the exact wording but the numbers are right. What do you do to enter cmos editing? I tried jp2 2-3 no jp1 and jp2 2-3 and jp1 1-2. I have never had to change interrups before and dont know much about this. Please help in anyway. Thank you.

Two tips:

1. Try to use another PCI slot. For instance, the slot next to AGP is often sharing IRQ with AGP.
2. Go to BIOS setup and disable everything you do not use. Like serial ports or onboard audio, whatever. This frees up IRQ's.

Clearing CMOS is proved helpful with bizarre h/w problems (it gets corrupted). Read m/b manual how to do this.

Ya I Had to clear the cmos to get back on the internet. I figured it out by myself I hope i didn't screw anything up.