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Tech Clinic / limited or no connectivity
« on: July 16, 2005, 04:11:26 AM »
I bought a new computer with the WinXP SP2 HOME and built in Intel Pro/100 VE nic on it.
Everything was working, then I put a secondary PCI video card in it to run dual montors. Network stopped working. hub has link lights. running dell boot up diagnostics show the nic works. running Intel diagnostics show that loopback tests fail. fussed with it alot... put in a second NIC, a linksys. Network works on the second nic. can't get it work on the first nic. remove video card. first nic still doesn't work. installed a different dvd rom and HD (I was gonna install Win2k on the second HD)... .but by accident I booted up to WinXP. Both NICS worked! Both NICS were getting IPs!
Put video card in PCI slot 1... First nic (built in nic ) stopps working. Put in yet another HD to format.... but somehow the format hangs... I remove the HD. XP reboots. BOTH NICS work! One last try cause I'm stubborn.. put video card in PCI slot 2. Reboot.. First NIC doesnn't work. I'm screwed.
spend 3 more hours on it... rebuild winsock. netsch to clear tcp/ip watever.. turn stupid built in NIC on and off..... .. whatever... move the second NIC through all PCI slots... install hotfix... enable.. disable..
I did everything I could find on the net to fix the problem. The only thing I can't do is to move remove the built in NIC.
I'm out of options.. about to do a system restore to original installation.
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Everything was working, then I put a secondary PCI video card in it to run dual montors. Network stopped working. hub has link lights. running dell boot up diagnostics show the nic works. running Intel diagnostics show that loopback tests fail. fussed with it alot... put in a second NIC, a linksys. Network works on the second nic. can't get it work on the first nic. remove video card. first nic still doesn't work. installed a different dvd rom and HD (I was gonna install Win2k on the second HD)... .but by accident I booted up to WinXP. Both NICS worked! Both NICS were getting IPs!
Put video card in PCI slot 1... First nic (built in nic ) stopps working. Put in yet another HD to format.... but somehow the format hangs... I remove the HD. XP reboots. BOTH NICS work! One last try cause I'm stubborn.. put video card in PCI slot 2. Reboot.. First NIC doesnn't work. I'm screwed.
spend 3 more hours on it... rebuild winsock. netsch to clear tcp/ip watever.. turn stupid built in NIC on and off..... .. whatever... move the second NIC through all PCI slots... install hotfix... enable.. disable..
I did everything I could find on the net to fix the problem. The only thing I can't do is to move remove the built in NIC.
I'm out of options.. about to do a system restore to original installation.
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