com0: at atbus0, port = 3f8, spl = 6, pic = 4. (DOS COM1) com1: at atbus1, port = 2f8, spl = 6, pic = 3. (DOS COM2) after these two lines, everything freeze. I'm no computer scientist, so what is 'spl'? The computer is and AMD K6-2 266mhz, Asus TX97-E monther board, 64 MB ram, soundblaster 32pnp, asuscom isdn link, trident 9440. Sould i try to remove the soundcard and isdn card? Any other ideas whats wrong? Thanks, Tom Cato