EZ_Grinkle
01-04-04, 06:47 PM
Got my new comp setup and working, at least for a while.
PC4800-D MB, Kingston PC4000 512 x 2, ATI 9800, Raptor 37G x 2, stripe-raided to be one 70 or so G disk.
I was rocking nicely for a while - then I started to overclock the RAM and (maybe not associated with the overclocking) one of the drives dropped out of the raid set - had to re-install all software from scratch.
No biggie - but I couldn't get the networking going again, until now, and I don't know why its working now and not before. So far as I know, I installed XP the same way both times. I reset the bios to default, as well.
Using the MB built-in nic. I loaded the driver, and got the 3-com logo indicating that the device was recognized - but then the logo (down in the background process task-bar area) got a red slash through it, indicating the nic was not working.
When I connected a network cable, the router channel lit up, the back of the nic connector on the mb lit up, but I got the little screen with the line through it and the message that said "a network cable is unplugged". I looked at my network connections about a zillion times, ran the wizard a couple times, nothing.
In my network connections, I have -
1394 connection (no idea what this is, really)
Network bridge (ditto, dunno why this is here)
Local Area Connection (I think this is my 3-com nic)
Just experimenting, I disabled all three. Then, when I brought them back, I got my connectivity again - but the wierd thing is my 3-com logo still has the red slash through it, and is still reports zero packets sent or recieved.
I think I am using the software for the 1394 connection. It shows up under "LAN or high speed internet" on the network connections window, and the bridge and Local Area Connection are now under a section called "bridged connections" - they didn't use to be there.
If anyone can save me from *gasp* going to Barnes and Noble and buying a book / educating myself, it would be much appreciated!
edit:
I deleted the "bridge" and now I have the 1394 and the LAN connection in my LAN or high speed internet section, and eveything seems to be working normally now.
I guess the bridge was some mis-applied bit of technology. Edited by: Grinkle at: 1/4/04 6:59 pm
PC4800-D MB, Kingston PC4000 512 x 2, ATI 9800, Raptor 37G x 2, stripe-raided to be one 70 or so G disk.
I was rocking nicely for a while - then I started to overclock the RAM and (maybe not associated with the overclocking) one of the drives dropped out of the raid set - had to re-install all software from scratch.
No biggie - but I couldn't get the networking going again, until now, and I don't know why its working now and not before. So far as I know, I installed XP the same way both times. I reset the bios to default, as well.
Using the MB built-in nic. I loaded the driver, and got the 3-com logo indicating that the device was recognized - but then the logo (down in the background process task-bar area) got a red slash through it, indicating the nic was not working.
When I connected a network cable, the router channel lit up, the back of the nic connector on the mb lit up, but I got the little screen with the line through it and the message that said "a network cable is unplugged". I looked at my network connections about a zillion times, ran the wizard a couple times, nothing.
In my network connections, I have -
1394 connection (no idea what this is, really)
Network bridge (ditto, dunno why this is here)
Local Area Connection (I think this is my 3-com nic)
Just experimenting, I disabled all three. Then, when I brought them back, I got my connectivity again - but the wierd thing is my 3-com logo still has the red slash through it, and is still reports zero packets sent or recieved.
I think I am using the software for the 1394 connection. It shows up under "LAN or high speed internet" on the network connections window, and the bridge and Local Area Connection are now under a section called "bridged connections" - they didn't use to be there.
If anyone can save me from *gasp* going to Barnes and Noble and buying a book / educating myself, it would be much appreciated!
edit:
I deleted the "bridge" and now I have the 1394 and the LAN connection in my LAN or high speed internet section, and eveything seems to be working normally now.
I guess the bridge was some mis-applied bit of technology. Edited by: Grinkle at: 1/4/04 6:59 pm