[NTLUG:Discuss] [OT] Hardware questions

[Kevin Brannen]

Lance Simmons wrote:

>* Terry <trryhend at gmail.com> [050210 20:34]:
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>>Network adapters sometimes go bad and I would assume that's what's
>>happened to yours.  I'm no authority but if you've disabled it, you
>>shouldn't have any more trouble out of it.  Will something else on the
>>motherbhoard go bad next?  Who knows...?  Just consider it fixed for
>>now, that's about all there is to it, any thing more is just
>>speculation.
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>That's pretty much what I was thinking.  I just wondered if there was
>usually a connection between a failing onboard network adapter and a
>failing motherboard.
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I lost an onboard NIC once, but I know it was from a near lightening 
strike.  I don't use the computer much anymore because it's old & slow, 
however it's still useful for testing new stuff when I don't want to 
risk my main machine.  I put an old ISA NIC into it and turned off the 
onboard NIC in the BIOS and the machine still works.

HTH,
Kevin