Onboard Realtek Nic - No lights ??

Hi all,

I have my ADSL connection via a modem/router using ethernet cables. My mobo
is an old GA-7VT600 1394 running an Athlon XP 2800+. All has been working
fine for years, but just last week I have lost all the lights on the Realtek
NIC and my connection to the net..... Does lights out on the onboard NIC
mean it's dead? I haven't flashed the bios or done anything silly to the
system. Win XP just says that the cable in 'unplugged'. I have tried 3
other cables and nothing - still no lights. The LAN is enabled in the bios
OK as it has been working for literally years...... Does this mean I will
have to put in a PCI NIC card?

Thank you.

Ellie wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have my ADSL connection via a modem/router using ethernet cables. My
> mobo
> is an old GA-7VT600 1394 running an Athlon XP 2800+. All has been working
> fine for years, but just last week I have lost all the lights on the
> Realtek
> NIC and my connection to the net..... Does lights out on the onboard NIC
> mean it's dead? I haven't flashed the bios or done anything silly to the
> system. Win XP just says that the cable in 'unplugged'. I have tried 3
> other cables and nothing - still no lights. The LAN is enabled in the
> bios
> OK as it has been working for literally years...... Does this mean I will
> have to put in a PCI NIC card?

On behalf of everybody here at alt.comp.hardware, I am sorry to tell you
that your old friend Nic has passed away. You will have to put in a PCI
NIC card. Life is unfair.

On Sun, 1 Apr 2007 10:47:39 +1000, "Ellie"
<ellie@people.net.au> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have my ADSL connection via a modem/router using ethernet cables. My mobo
>is an old GA-7VT600 1394 running an Athlon XP 2800+. All has been working
>fine for years, but just last week I have lost all the lights on the Realtek
>NIC and my connection to the net..... Does lights out on the onboard NIC
>mean it's dead? I haven't flashed the bios or done anything silly to the
>system. Win XP just says that the cable in 'unplugged'. I have tried 3
>other cables and nothing - still no lights. The LAN is enabled in the bios
>OK as it has been working for literally years...... Does this mean I will
>have to put in a PCI NIC card?
>
>Thank you.
>
>


Try the cable in a different socket on the router,
preferribly one you know did/does-still, work, and power
cycle the router if you get lights but unworking connection.
If there is still no response, yes it seems likely it has
died.

Yes, it sounds like you need the PCI NIC card.

--

DaveW

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"Ellie" <ellie@people.net.au> wrote in message
news:460f00a8_5@news.people.net.au...
> Hi all,
>
> I have my ADSL connection via a modem/router using ethernet cables. My
> mobo
> is an old GA-7VT600 1394 running an Athlon XP 2800+. All has been working
> fine for years, but just last week I have lost all the lights on the
> Realtek
> NIC and my connection to the net..... Does lights out on the onboard NIC
> mean it's dead? I haven't flashed the bios or done anything silly to the
> system. Win XP just says that the cable in 'unplugged'. I have tried 3
> other cables and nothing - still no lights. The LAN is enabled in the
> bios
> OK as it has been working for literally years...... Does this mean I will
> have to put in a PCI NIC card?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>