Oh. Duh. I knew that.
Just checking to see if you were awake. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket.
I would buy it being an nForce2 problem if it weren't for the fact that you plugged in a PCI USB card and had the same issue.
Maybe ET has a thought?
In any case, and ethernet DSL modem seems like the better solution anyway. You can then get yourself a router/firewall combo to put between you and the rest of the Internet.