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| Thread ID: 32133 | 2003-04-10 00:36:00 | Is my network card fried?? | PoWa (203) | Press F1 |
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| 134746 | 2003-04-10 00:36:00 | Short Intro: My Dads monitor broke down. So to test if it was his monitor at fault or his computer, I plugged it into my computer to test it. I didn't power the machine down or anything while switching monitors. Was I supposed to?? But anyway when I plugged my monitor back in again to resume work I found I couldn't connect to the Internet. 1) I can't even connect to my routers control panel from the computer (http://192.168.1.1). 2) There is no link light showing on the router meaning the connection isn't happening. 3) The router is connected to the internet, and is functioning properly. 4) I tried to see if the network cable itself was faulty, but it wasn't because the net would work when connected to it from the laptop. 5) The little LED lights on the back of the network card on my computer don't seem to be flashing at all, but XP says the card and LAN connection are active (I get the connected icon showing). 6) I have rebooted a few times, enabled/disabled LAN connection from XP, reset router and checked that the cables are connected properly. I don't get it? Could it be that my card is dead? Any ideas people?? |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 134747 | 2003-04-10 00:43:00 | Also I can't connect to the router from linux either. And I could before I did the monitor thing... | PoWa (203) | ||
| 134748 | 2003-04-10 01:10:00 | Well PoWa, you wouldn't normally need to power down just to swap monitors, but if the two computers were operating off separate power sources there could have been a voltage differential present. Even so, I wouldn't expect such an incident to pop a network card, though anything is possible. Have you checked that it has not been unseated? I guess you could have had a spot of bad luck, or an untimely coincidence, but before condemning the NIC perhaps you could try a complete reinstall of the card. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 134749 | 2003-04-10 01:22:00 | I've just been into the insides of my computer and I pulled the network card out of its slot and put it in the one beside it. I also pulled out my old 56k winmodem junk. Strangely enough everything now works! :) :D I'm so happy I don't have to buy a new card! I wonder now, is the other PCI slot stuffed? I don't think the card was out of place when it was in it. Of course I might be wrong??? Thanks Billy ;) |
PoWa (203) | ||
| 134750 | 2003-04-10 02:14:00 | To test your PCI NIC card go to start, run, type in Command or CMD for 2k and above. At the dos prompt type in ping 127.127.127.0 if your get a reply then the card is good. | TallPoppy (3506) | ||
| 134751 | 2003-04-10 02:58:00 | or type " Ping localhost " | Jimbo (441) | ||
| 134752 | 2003-04-10 05:09:00 | Pinging localhost does not test the Ethernet card. It tests the TCP/IP software. Proper test software would require a loopback RJ45 plug. Probably turning the computer power off and on "fixed" that card. Rebooting doesn't do that. Always try turning the power off and on first before looking for more complicated (and expensive) problems. These days (with ATX power supplies) that means turning it off at the wall. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 134753 | 2003-04-10 05:42:00 | Thanks I'll remember that :) | PoWa (203) | ||
| 134754 | 2003-04-10 05:52:00 | Whenever I reboot I always do a complete power down to clear the memory as well. Restarts and Windows-only restarts don't seem to have quite the same effect. When rebooting I also power down my ADSL router and let that reboot as well. The latter is probably pointless but it makes me feel comfortable. I power down fully every night as well and start with a clean boot in the morning. This ensures a daily registry backup and saves power too, if nothing else. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
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