- Nov 3, 2015
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So I've had a wired connection in my house that I've been using for a lomg time now. Back then, when I would use the PC, it would recognize the cable and even the lights on the port would blink the yellow/orange thing.
It just suddenly stopped working a few days ago and I assumed that it was the cable, so I replaced it. But then it still wouldn't work, so I borrowed my family's htpc and plugged the new cable in and it worked. Then I fiddled around and saw that, when connecting my pc to the htpc one, my pc detects the other one; and it even blinks! I could share files and etc.,
It doesn't make sense how my pc suddenly stopped detecting the cable from the router to the pc as I haven't changed anything in the settings (because of deepfreeze.) Also, could it be a hardware issue since it involves the lights on the port of the motherboard?
In summary (in order of my testing):
1. Old Cable to My PC = X
2. New Cable to HTPC = √
3. New Cable to My PC = X
4. HTPC to My PC = √
I don't know if this helps, but the one I use from the router to my PC is around 20m long. I don't think it's relevant since it was working fine and then suddenly stopped working.
It just suddenly stopped working a few days ago and I assumed that it was the cable, so I replaced it. But then it still wouldn't work, so I borrowed my family's htpc and plugged the new cable in and it worked. Then I fiddled around and saw that, when connecting my pc to the htpc one, my pc detects the other one; and it even blinks! I could share files and etc.,
It doesn't make sense how my pc suddenly stopped detecting the cable from the router to the pc as I haven't changed anything in the settings (because of deepfreeze.) Also, could it be a hardware issue since it involves the lights on the port of the motherboard?
In summary (in order of my testing):
1. Old Cable to My PC = X
2. New Cable to HTPC = √
3. New Cable to My PC = X
4. HTPC to My PC = √
I don't know if this helps, but the one I use from the router to my PC is around 20m long. I don't think it's relevant since it was working fine and then suddenly stopped working.
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