- Sep 16, 2018
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Title. Ethernet cord is at most 2 years old. No obvious problems. Have restarted the computer and modem thus far, tried different ports, nothing working. Bought an AmazonBasics USB to Ethernet adapter but that's giving me the same error - "No Ethernet Cable plugged into adapter". Plug it into the Xbox and it works just fine. The Xbox has its own Ethernet cable and hasn't ever (I just got it last month) been connected via WiFi (and I checked) so it's 100% working there.
I've been using my fiance's wireless USB adapter whilst waiting for the Ethernet USB to arrive but now I'm not terribly sure what to do. It was working (the ethernet plugged into my mobo) and then out of nowhere disconnected and now is "dead" to my PC. My Xbox is next to the router so I have to move my PC to test that ethernet cord (shorter cord) ; the two possible outcomes are:
1. The other Ethernet cord works. Buy another ethernet cord and assume that this one's failing and only my PCMR (cough sensitive and useless) device can detect such failings.
2. It also doesn't work? Buy a new PC because putting a 3rd motherboard in this one would be dumb. (CPU from 2012).
Any ideas as to why this is happening, though? Just curious as to whether anyone else has experienced such nonsense.
Edit: My computer crashed and when it came back the Ethernet connection is working. This happened earlier when I reset the modem but broke when I ran a network diagnosis - "resetting network adapter..." And then borked. This is interesting, sure, but clearly something is wrong and I've got no idea what. Potentially requiring resetting / reinstalling Windows 10. I'm waiting and saving for Black Friday to buy a new PC but this is obviously not ideal. 2 months on wifi won't kill me enough to deal with the ton of things I'd have to do to return my PC to its current state but meh.
Just bought tacks to mount this flat Ethernet cord, too lol. Probably caused by the clods I live with that can't go 20 seconds without tripping over the bright white cord that's not even lifted above the ground. Oh well. I'll test the ethernet and get another if necessary.
I've been using my fiance's wireless USB adapter whilst waiting for the Ethernet USB to arrive but now I'm not terribly sure what to do. It was working (the ethernet plugged into my mobo) and then out of nowhere disconnected and now is "dead" to my PC. My Xbox is next to the router so I have to move my PC to test that ethernet cord (shorter cord) ; the two possible outcomes are:
1. The other Ethernet cord works. Buy another ethernet cord and assume that this one's failing and only my PCMR (cough sensitive and useless) device can detect such failings.
2. It also doesn't work? Buy a new PC because putting a 3rd motherboard in this one would be dumb. (CPU from 2012).
Any ideas as to why this is happening, though? Just curious as to whether anyone else has experienced such nonsense.
Edit: My computer crashed and when it came back the Ethernet connection is working. This happened earlier when I reset the modem but broke when I ran a network diagnosis - "resetting network adapter..." And then borked. This is interesting, sure, but clearly something is wrong and I've got no idea what. Potentially requiring resetting / reinstalling Windows 10. I'm waiting and saving for Black Friday to buy a new PC but this is obviously not ideal. 2 months on wifi won't kill me enough to deal with the ton of things I'd have to do to return my PC to its current state but meh.
Just bought tacks to mount this flat Ethernet cord, too lol. Probably caused by the clods I live with that can't go 20 seconds without tripping over the bright white cord that's not even lifted above the ground. Oh well. I'll test the ethernet and get another if necessary.
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