computer wont recognize network cable plugged in

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Hey all,

I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a while,
my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months ago,
it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there is a
CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that it is
the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This is my
school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of time.

Thanks in advance for the help.

R.J.
 
Try a different network card - either a cardbus or USB model - and see if
that allows a connection. If it does then the internal NIC may be bad.

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Hey all,

First off, thanks for the help. I have discovered the problem and fixed it.
I believe it is tied to the hibernate feature. I think the problem starts
when i unplug the network cable from the computer while it is in hibernate,
and then turn it on without the cable plugged in. This would cause a problem
with the values stored for the NIC and cause a conflict. By starting the
computer with a cable plugged in, I was able to reestablish the connection. I
also had to reset some values in the ICS.

Thanks again for all your help.

R.J.

Richard G. Harper said:
Try a different network card - either a cardbus or USB model - and see if
that allows a connection. If it does then the internal NIC may be bad.

--
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* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
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R.J. said:
Hey all,

I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a while,
my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months
ago,
it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there is
a
CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that it
is
the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This is
my
school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of
time.

Thanks in advance for the help.

R.J.
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Glad you got it figured out.

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Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
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R.J. said:
Hey all,

First off, thanks for the help. I have discovered the problem and fixed
it.
I believe it is tied to the hibernate feature. I think the problem starts
when i unplug the network cable from the computer while it is in
hibernate,
and then turn it on without the cable plugged in. This would cause a
problem
with the values stored for the NIC and cause a conflict. By starting the
computer with a cable plugged in, I was able to reestablish the
connection. I
also had to reset some values in the ICS.

Thanks again for all your help.

R.J.

Richard G. Harper said:
Try a different network card - either a cardbus or USB model - and see if
that allows a connection. If it does then the internal NIC may be bad.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
* My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


R.J. said:
Hey all,

I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a
while,
my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months
ago,
it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there
is
a
CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that
it
is
the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This
is
my
school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of
time.

Thanks in advance for the help.

R.J.
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