Ok, I just read my post. I should have said the error message was:

unaccounted for interrupt. I was pretty freaked out when I wrote it. I should have copied it down.

Anyway, I tried rmmod on the emu10k1 module. But of course it did not remove because "it is busy" If it had removed I would not have had any sound at that point.

I'm thinking maybe I could swap out the sound blaster card temporarily with another one just long enough to maybe pull the old ISA modem card out. Then switch back.

Well, for the moment, the old ISA modem card will stay put.

sakiZ