M2N-PV Motherboard Lan

Thanks for your reply. The settings are enabled. I know a lan card
will work but this will not tell me if there is a problem with the
motherboard lan. The board is only 6 months old and should be under
warranty if Asus responds to an email and there is no fix.

I just wanted to make sure there was no quick fix or setting I am
overlooking.

Thanks again.




>Jim wrote:
>> I have a friend with the above motherboard with the lan icon showing a
>> network cable unplugged. The cat5 does work on a laptop. I have
>> reinstalled drivers and it shows hardware found and working ok but
>> still shows the cable unplugged.
>>
>> I would appreciate any ideas as to what to check out before replacing
>> motherboard.
>>
>> I have emailed Asus but no answer as of yet.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>If you click Start>Settings>Network Connections, what does it say for
>status under the Local Area Connection? If it says disabled, right
>click it and select Enable. Hopefully it's an easy fix and don't toss
>the Mobo. If anything put a PCI NIC card in it. They're way less
>expensive than a new board.
>Rob C.
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Jim,

Yesterday, I had exactly that problem on an onboard intel 10/100
port, running XPpro. I tried different cables and known-working
router ports. What was weird was that I could see network data
on the NIC LEDs, but XP still reported cable disconnected.
In the end I installed a 3c509 PCI NIC, intending to disable the
onboard one. After confirming the 3c509 was working OK, I tried
the onboard port one more time, and.. it worked!
Removed the 3com, rebooted and onboard still worked.
All I can guess is that it's possible for XP to get its "knickers in
a twist" wrt the cable sensing, and installing a 2nd NIC fixed
whatever the problem was.

HTH,
--
Rob



"Jim" <me RemoveThis @home.net> wrote in message
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> Thanks for your reply. The settings are enabled. I know a lan card
> will work but this will not tell me if there is a problem with the
> motherboard lan. The board is only 6 months old and should be under
> warranty if Asus responds to an email and there is no fix.
>
> I just wanted to make sure there was no quick fix or setting I am
> overlooking.
>
> Thanks again.
>
>
>
>
>>Jim wrote:
>>> I have a friend with the above motherboard with the lan icon showing a
>>> network cable unplugged. The cat5 does work on a laptop. I have
>>> reinstalled drivers and it shows hardware found and working ok but
>>> still shows the cable unplugged.
>>>
>>> I would appreciate any ideas as to what to check out before replacing
>>> motherboard.
>>>
>>> I have emailed Asus but no answer as of yet.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>If you click Start>Settings>Network Connections, what does it say for
>>status under the Local Area Connection? If it says disabled, right
>>click it and select Enable. Hopefully it's an easy fix and don't toss
>>the Mobo. If anything put a PCI NIC card in it. They're way less
>>expensive than a new board.
>>Rob C.
>
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Thanks for the info. I will do just that and see if I have the same
luck. I need to get inside the box anyway to get the serial and
version numbers to email Asus.









On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:42:56 -0000, "Rob" <noone RemoveThis @nowhere.noway.com>
wrote:

>Jim,
>
>Yesterday, I had exactly that problem on an onboard intel 10/100
>port, running XPpro. I tried different cables and known-working
>router ports. What was weird was that I could see network data
>on the NIC LEDs, but XP still reported cable disconnected.
>In the end I installed a 3c509 PCI NIC, intending to disable the
>onboard one. After confirming the 3c509 was working OK, I tried
>the onboard port one more time, and.. it worked!
>Removed the 3com, rebooted and onboard still worked.
>All I can guess is that it's possible for XP to get its "knickers in
>a twist" wrt the cable sensing, and installing a 2nd NIC fixed
>whatever the problem was.
>
>HTH,
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