Forget the PSU (It's new), Ram (it's new) and all other things. I got this PC working on Windows XP just perfectly..... for 2 days.. About the only thing this computer does is have 4 small hard drives and 3 external hard drives. Then suddenly one morning I wake up and decide to open a file stored on the one drive and the Network is not picking up the computer. I check the back of the computer and the onboard NIC no longer has any flashing lights. I check the device manager and there are no unknown devices. Right so the answer must be the BIOS. Check the BIOS and the entire setting where it says onboard LAN Disable / Enable has disappeared. It is like the board no longer recognises that it even exists. Now the inbuilt NIC has two USB ports next to it. Both are working. One is running a mouse, and the other an external hard drive. The question finally is..
Can just the NIC stop working and the motherboard not recognise it anymore, due to just pure random "I'm tired and I've died"?
I have also checked the motherboard manufacturer and found 2 BIOS flashes. Both didn't ruin the machine, but at the same time, nothing really changed in the BIOS setting.. still not where to change the LAN.
I have read most of the posts on this forum but still cannot find an answer (that I like)... hehehehe.. I suppose I am asking for some miracle.
Do you all reckon just go and buy a cheap PCI network card and run the machine that way, or there someone out there with a miracle answer?
Can just the NIC stop working and the motherboard not recognise it anymore, due to just pure random "I'm tired and I've died"?
I have also checked the motherboard manufacturer and found 2 BIOS flashes. Both didn't ruin the machine, but at the same time, nothing really changed in the BIOS setting.. still not where to change the LAN.
I have read most of the posts on this forum but still cannot find an answer (that I like)... hehehehe.. I suppose I am asking for some miracle.
Do you all reckon just go and buy a cheap PCI network card and run the machine that way, or there someone out there with a miracle answer?
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