Bad Network Card? How do I tell? 4

[ctyankeeinok]

My computer has stopped communicating with the router and I don't know what happened. When I look at the NIC, the lights are not blinking - they are off. I did plug the same cable into my laptop and it was able to communicate with the router. The card does not seem to appear to the PC. I tried switching slots, but the PC did not even notice anything - I expected some type of PnP pop-up. Do you think the NIC is dead? Or could it be something far worse? Everything else on the PC seems to be OK.

 

[ImpetusEra]

sounds like it's dead.

 

[edfair]

They sometimes do that. Try another cold boot.
Did you power all the way down and pull the cord when you did the slot swap?
You may also need to delete the network card and let the system find it again.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[nlm9802]

network cards are cheap.. your best bet will be to buy a new one and see if it recognizes it. If so, there's your answer

Have you tried uninstalling the NIC from device mangle.. err manager? after uninstalling it, shut down, switch PCI slots, and start it back up. If it still doesnt autodetect, may be time for a new card. or you could try reloading your OS

 

[ctyankeeinok]

Thanks to all. I will give the suggestions a try and see how it goes. I really appreciate the prompt feedback y'all/youse guys (pick your dialect - I'm a yankee in Oklahoma) and the fact that you are using your time to help someone you don't know.

 

[ImpetusEra]

Even if it has some sort of device conflict going on the link lights should still come on. I know of computer salvage places that will give away 10/100 NICs cause they have so many. You can get cheap ones for like $5 and decent ones for $15.

 

[ctyankeeinok]

I installed a new card and that took care of the problem. Thanks again to everyone who responded!

 

[pweegar]

In the future, you can test the card by going to the command prompt and typing: ping 127.0.0.1 This will tell you if your NIC is responding or not.

 

[nlm9802]

something tells me that if windows doesnt see the card, tcp/ip isn't installed, and ping 127.0.0.1 will fail

Good to hear your problem is solved though