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| Thread ID: 41325 | 2004-01-07 06:52:00 | Why does my PC only run fine with no NICs? | george12 (7) | Press F1 |
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| 205805 | 2004-01-07 06:52:00 | Whenever I have an NIC in this PC of mine I get problems. Sometimes a Protection Error on startup (device VRTWD), sometimes just freezing whenever I do anything remotely realated to networking. I have several NICs lying about (Realtek PCI, Intel Pro/100 PCI, 3COM Ethenet 3 ISA) and they all have probs. I want 2 NICs in. My PC is a P133, 64MB ram (4x 16). I also had probs installing Windows but it was fine when I took out the NICs. Two of the NICs are definitely good. | george12 (7) | ||
| 205806 | 2004-01-07 07:18:00 | Do you have any other PCI/ISA devices in computer? I would guess it's a hardware conflict, or possibly a faulty motherboard - maybe a couple of PCI/ISA slots are dead. | somebody (208) | ||
| 205807 | 2004-01-07 07:21:00 | no, it still freezes with just the video card, although less often than with an NIC. | george12 (7) | ||
| 205808 | 2004-01-07 07:23:00 | I hope it isn't a faulty m/board because I just got my old one replaced with this one. I bought it on trade me. | george12 (7) | ||
| 205809 | 2004-01-07 07:33:00 | I would say it's a faulty motherboard, or possibly faulty RAM. Faulty RAM can cause problems, although the problems are usually more consistent. I wouldn't bother fixing the problem to be perfectly honest. The amount you'd spend on replacement parts, labour etc. wouldn't be worth it considering the age of the PC. If it still functions ok now, then I'd live with it, despite crashes, and possibly get another PC, either second hand for about $100 or so (probably less than you'd spend on replacement parts and labour), or possibly save up and get a new PC for under $1000. I had a PC of very very similar specs, except it had 32mb of RAM to start with. I had regular "registry problems" according to Windows, which often meant my PC wouldn't let me into Windows. I later upgraded to 64mb or RAM (4x 16mb sticks), and the problem disappeared. I am selling it, but unfortunately I've already got a buyer. |
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| 205810 | 2004-01-07 08:04:00 | look in your bios for an option to force an ESCD refresh (it'll be in the hardware section or pci/pnp management or whatever it may be called in your bios) This will force the bios to basically redetect all the hardware and reassign resources |
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