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From: Jim on 24 Jan 2008 08:22 I have a friend with the above motherboard with the lan icon showing a network cable unplugged. The cat5 does work on a laptop. I have reinstalled drivers and it shows hardware found and working ok but still shows the cable unplugged. I would appreciate any ideas as to what to check out before replacing motherboard. I have emailed Asus but no answer as of yet. Thanks.
From: Rob on 24 Jan 2008 08:52 Jim wrote: > I have a friend with the above motherboard with the lan icon showing a > network cable unplugged. The cat5 does work on a laptop. I have > reinstalled drivers and it shows hardware found and working ok but > still shows the cable unplugged. > > I would appreciate any ideas as to what to check out before replacing > motherboard. > > I have emailed Asus but no answer as of yet. > > Thanks. > If you click Start>Settings>Network Connections, what does it say for status under the Local Area Connection? If it says disabled, right click it and select Enable. Hopefully it's an easy fix and don't toss the Mobo. If anything put a PCI NIC card in it. They're way less expensive than a new board. Rob C.
From: Jim on 24 Jan 2008 09:28 Thanks for your reply. The settings are enabled. I know a lan card will work but this will not tell me if there is a problem with the motherboard lan. The board is only 6 months old and should be under warranty if Asus responds to an email and there is no fix. I just wanted to make sure there was no quick fix or setting I am overlooking. Thanks again. >Jim wrote: >> I have a friend with the above motherboard with the lan icon showing a >> network cable unplugged. The cat5 does work on a laptop. I have >> reinstalled drivers and it shows hardware found and working ok but >> still shows the cable unplugged. >> >> I would appreciate any ideas as to what to check out before replacing >> motherboard. >> >> I have emailed Asus but no answer as of yet. >> >> Thanks. >> >If you click Start>Settings>Network Connections, what does it say for >status under the Local Area Connection? If it says disabled, right >click it and select Enable. Hopefully it's an easy fix and don't toss >the Mobo. If anything put a PCI NIC card in it. They're way less >expensive than a new board. >Rob C.
From: Rob on 25 Jan 2008 11:42 Jim, Yesterday, I had exactly that problem on an onboard intel 10/100 port, running XPpro. I tried different cables and known-working router ports. What was weird was that I could see network data on the NIC LEDs, but XP still reported cable disconnected. In the end I installed a 3c509 PCI NIC, intending to disable the onboard one. After confirming the 3c509 was working OK, I tried the onboard port one more time, and.. it worked! Removed the 3com, rebooted and onboard still worked. All I can guess is that it's possible for XP to get its "knickers in a twist" wrt the cable sensing, and installing a 2nd NIC fixed whatever the problem was. HTH, -- Rob "Jim" <me(a)home.net> wrote in message news:pt7hp3t3qbdih3e5c0opfrqsm9crq2c7sk(a)4ax.com... > Thanks for your reply. The settings are enabled. I know a lan card > will work but this will not tell me if there is a problem with the > motherboard lan. The board is only 6 months old and should be under > warranty if Asus responds to an email and there is no fix. > > I just wanted to make sure there was no quick fix or setting I am > overlooking. > > Thanks again. > > > > >>Jim wrote: >>> I have a friend with the above motherboard with the lan icon showing a >>> network cable unplugged. The cat5 does work on a laptop. I have >>> reinstalled drivers and it shows hardware found and working ok but >>> still shows the cable unplugged. >>> >>> I would appreciate any ideas as to what to check out before replacing >>> motherboard. >>> >>> I have emailed Asus but no answer as of yet. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>If you click Start>Settings>Network Connections, what does it say for >>status under the Local Area Connection? If it says disabled, right >>click it and select Enable. Hopefully it's an easy fix and don't toss >>the Mobo. If anything put a PCI NIC card in it. They're way less >>expensive than a new board. >>Rob C. >
From: Jim on 25 Jan 2008 12:58
Thanks for the info. I will do just that and see if I have the same luck. I need to get inside the box anyway to get the serial and version numbers to email Asus. On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:42:56 -0000, "Rob" <noone(a)nowhere.noway.com> wrote: >Jim, > >Yesterday, I had exactly that problem on an onboard intel 10/100 >port, running XPpro. I tried different cables and known-working >router ports. What was weird was that I could see network data >on the NIC LEDs, but XP still reported cable disconnected. >In the end I installed a 3c509 PCI NIC, intending to disable the >onboard one. After confirming the 3c509 was working OK, I tried >the onboard port one more time, and.. it worked! >Removed the 3com, rebooted and onboard still worked. >All I can guess is that it's possible for XP to get its "knickers in >a twist" wrt the cable sensing, and installing a 2nd NIC fixed >whatever the problem was. > >HTH, |