I know this may seem easy, but I have been beating my head against a wall for aover a week now. I have posted to experts-exchange (adress at bottom) to help get this resolved but I’m having no luck there.
Here is my post listed below.
I have a Win NT 4.0 machine that wouldn’t get a connection light to the port on the switch or on the
back of the NIC card. I have tried replacing the NIC card with a brand new one. I have tried using different
cables (both patch cables and wall socket). Itried switching the card to a different PCI slot. I’ve
checked the BIOS settings everything seems fine there. One of the weird things is WinNT loads the driver
for the card, sees the card for installation (I have reinstalled the NIC sftwr). It just wouldn’t give
me a connection light between the switch it is plugged in to and the machine.
Here’s why I’m stumped. This user used his machine on Friday and then on Monday when he turned in on
it didn’t get a connection light.
reply:Have you tried another cable? I have seen them go bad. How long is the cable from the switch to this
users machine? You might also try another port if you haven’t already.
my reply:
I have tried different patch cables, both at the machine and at the switch. I have tried plugging the
cable in to a different port on the switch. I have tried plugging the machine into a different network
outlet. I have tried installing a new network card. I have tried switching the network card to adifferent
PCI slot. None have worked so far.
As I stated before the machine worked on Friday the 23rd but on Monday the 26th it didn’t. Any thing
else.
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http://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/qManageQuestion.jsp?qid=20085483
Thanks
Dan