It could be the case that the particular PCI slot that you are using for the network card shares an IRQ with your additional cards. Or maybe doesn't share would be a more apt term. I suspect you may have to shuffle the cards about into a different configuration amongst the available PCI slots.
Before doing this shuffle, uninstall the various devices in device manager. Then shut down the computer. Rearrange the card positions. Maybe do them one at a time and let windows find them again.
Windows could get really hosed doing this, so you might have to reinstall windows, because it seems to remember every old configuration that it ever had, and tends to want to reinstall things the way they were.
Shut off every device in BIOS that you are not using. If you are not using your com ports, or an onboard networking card (whatever) disable them to free up the IRQ's because they can be in very short supply.
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