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by mderome

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I have this problem on two machines;

I upgraded one system from nt4 to 2000 pro.I connect to the network but after a few minutes I loose the connection and get a hardware error. In order to re=activate the link I must reboor. I changed network card, still the sme problem. I uninstalled the protocols and re-installed them, still same problem.

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to solve this problem.I need those boxes for the programmers.

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by lordinfidel

Questions:

1. What kind of network card are you using (brand/model)?

2. What protocols do you have bound to the network card and what is the binding order?

If you keep getting hardware errors in 2k for a nic (or any other piece of hardware for that matter) there are basically 2 places to look. 1st the driver itself for the piece of hardware. The second is the BIOS. Has it been upgraded?

The second I have found is important to 2k. A simple BIOS upgrade will do wonders for 2K.

Before upgrading the BIOS, remove the device that you are having problems with (thru device manager). Then flash your bios and then on the reboot, 2k should pick up the device. Of course make sure you have the latest driver for it.

You may also want to check on the vendors site to see if there are any compatibility (mis?) issues with 2K.

FYI- 3Com 3c905 series and Intel pro 100+ both work very well with 2k.

by flan

you probably have a bad ethernet port. try a different one or could be cable

by geek2d

Since you said that you did an upgrade and now you can't undo the problem. It has been my experiance that when this happens I have to get another HD and do a fresh install of 2K (do all you BIOS and OS updates)Then slave the other drive and pull your needed files off of it. It may not be the easies answer but it should be the cleanest when your done.

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