I have a DELL Latitude Cpx running Windows 2000 Pro. I am using a crossover cable between it and my desktop computer. On bootup, the network icon shows up in the system tray on the notebook computer and it states that packets have been received and sent. However, on bootup, the desktop computer shows an error message stating that the network is not accessible. Additionally, today when I tried to log on to my dial-up Internet connection, I got an error message stating that no modem was installed.
I then changed the settings for the modem and disabled COM Port 2 and rebooted. This gave me my modem back – – again. (This has been a recurring problem since I installed the NIC. I am at a total loss as to why there seems to be this conflict between the modem, which uses IRQ 3, and the NIC which uses IRQ 10.)
After I got the modem working and was logged onto the Internet, I heard the hard drive of the “sleeping” laptop click. At that time, the DELL became visible in Explorer on the desktop computer, but the clicking sound of the harddrive on the laptop was it shutting down. I had to reboot it.
After it was back up and running, it still could not see the desktop computer. However, I could transfer files from the notebook to the desktop.
Does anyone have a clue what is going on? If I was getting paid for all the hours I have spent on this “project,” I would not have to work for the next six months.