You shall never have HW in a computer that is not configured. I interupt from that kind of HW can mess up in the OS. hf "Tom Hula" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:t8nt56q5miaaaf@corp.supernews.com... > There was a string a while back where someone asked if it would be a problem > if their HP-IB card was still in the computer when the computer was upgraded > to 6.5. The responses didn't seem (to me) to quite answer the question. > So....... > > I have a 927LX with an HP-IB card in it. It is not configured on the system > at all. When it boots up, as far as the operating system is concerned, there > is no HP-IB card. My system printers are using serial ports now instead of > the HP-IB. So, it is there, but not being used and there is no need to > replace it with anything else. > > That being said, would there be any problem upgrading to 6.5 with that HP-IB > card still sitting in the computer? TIA > > Tom Hula > Victor S. Barnes Company > >