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Re: Network Card Probs...

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From: Sandgroper
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 13:43
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"evil" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:c1hlj8$4tl$1@gnamma.connect.com.au...
> Hi All... wondering if anyone has any clues about the following;
>
> Mate's puter has probs with his network card (Netcomm I think... it's a
> realtek chipset of some type), this is what happens;
>
> 1. Card stops working, computer doesn't detect card, no 'link' light on
> card. Computer doesn't show any error message or anything, it simply
doesn't
> detect the card.
> 2. I change the PCI slot where the network card is plugged => computer
> detects card and everything works good until....
> 3. A couple of reboots later exactly the same thing happens
>
> We've swapped the network card with another known to work reliably but
have
> the same problem. I'm assuming this might be something to do with the
> motherboard... but no there's no sign of conflicts or any such thing...
> Motherboard's a AOpen KT266 I think. Puter's running windoze xp with all
> hotpatches etc.

Remove the Nic , boot the computer without the Nic ,  then shut it down and
then install the Nic and reboot again.


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