MEGA 651 - 2 problems?

Hi all,  I can't find anything on either of these so here goes...
1. When it shuts down the machine tells me "it is now safe to turn off your computer". I haven't seen this since windows 95!  I know software shutdown was part of the ATX specification but I'm not sure how closely that applies to the board in this machine.  Anyone know a way to stop it happening.
2. I installed a Linksys wireless network PCI card (WMP54G), and it really doesn't like it.  It crashes during the driver installation.  I have tried using the shipping drivers and the lates downloaded versions to no avail.  I even tried disabling Windows XP's wireless networking control and using the Linksys utility - no good.  My best guess is an IRQ conflict but I don't know how to fix it (and I can't exactly switch the card to a different slot as Linksys so helpfully suggested!).
Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
James

what version of windows are you running? did you do a clean install? windows should be able to switch your pc off at shutdown, the mega pc is ACPI compliant, so the motherboard switches the psu off.
as for the linksys card, if it has been added recently, you could go into the BIOS setup into PnP/PCI configurations and set Clear ESCD to enabled, and ensure that Resources controlled by... is set to Auto(ESCD). Then reboot and see if it will install.
also in Advanced BIOS features, it is best to have APIC Mode enabled (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) so Windows can automatically reassign IRQs as necessary. Note that if this was previously disabled, you may need to reinstall Windows

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