Right........
I unplugged the adaptor, checked for bent pins. There were non, so i blew to free anydust that might be the culprit.
I then put the adaptor back in, and put the netgear card back into the adaptor as far as it would go. Pushed again and heared a second click. Ahhh, i thought.... that must have done the trick.
I reboot, query device in Miami to find it's mac address and get same error message again! I type cardreset, and the link light flashes of then back on, try again with miami. Nothing!!! :-?
The only thing left to try that i can think of is to strip everything out of the tower, and try the card plugged in on it's own without the adapter. As it worked perfectly before i put the guts in a tower and added the adapter. :-(