we have some smart guys on here so i figured i'd ask. i'm typing this from my wife's computer.
long story short -- building hit by lightning last tuesday, killed modem, router, and the power source on my computer. everything else ok. i fixed or replaced everything and reformatted my computer. now my computer is showing "network cable unplugged" and the damn thing could not be more plugged in. Jen's works just like always. our setup is as follows:
interwebs --> cable modem --> router (wireless, but we're using wires right now) --> Jens computer/my computer.
i'm using XP, and my networking controller is an Nvidia Nforce MCP. the device status says "working properly"
i have installed all the drivers for my computer (friends helped me build it in '03 and i have the drivers for the motherboard), tested all of the ethernet cables, and tried hooking the modem straight up to my computer. upon trying to install the router software onto my computer it says "no wired adapter detected". the router shows no connection in the port that my computer hooks up to.
i'm at a loss. i suck at computers as it is, and unfortunately i don't room with any comp-sci people like i used to at JMU. i'd really like to get my internet back 
edit: also i have another copy of XP (both are legit :lol: ) should i reformat again and install that copy instead?
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try a different port on the router? i've had many an individual port go bad.
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Mike Wrote:try a different port on the router? i've had many an individual port go bad.
i guess i could. the router is brand new.
also the LAN port on my computer has a green LED, i guess that means it functioning?
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this actually happened to my mom's computer (my old Dell) with the wireless network card - i'm considering replacing it. i think a new wireless card would be less than $30
The network card might have gone bad?
you said you tried hooking the computer straight to the modem... what was the result of that? if that also didn't work, your NIC is fried.
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4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
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Mike Wrote:you said you tried hooking the computer straight to the modem... what was the result of that? if that also didn't work, your NIC is fried.
ah i forgot to mention that in better detail. when i hooked the modem straight up to the computer, the modem did not recognize a connection and my computer stayed the same.
can you replace an NIC individually or will this require a new motherboard? it looks like whatever the cable hooks up to in my computer is integral to the board.
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
you can buy a card and ignore what seems to be the dead built-in one on your motherboard. if that doesn't solve the problem, you shouldn't have any trouble returning it.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
disabling the onboard card might help to avoid confusion as you trouble shoot the new NIC card.
mrbaggio Wrote:NIC card.
yessss redundancy.
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2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
Mike Wrote:you can buy a card and ignore what seems to be the dead built-in one on your motherboard. if that doesn't solve the problem, you shouldn't have any trouble returning it.
+1
Sounds like the NIC is dead (or disabled).
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great thanks guys. i'm going to run by a monster Fry's Electronics store near me at lunchtime and grab one (i love going in that place).
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
ScottyB Wrote:Fry's Electronics
GREAT place - last time i was there me and the employees had a Guitar Hero competition :lol:
Quote:now my computer is showing "network cable unplugged" and the damn thing could not be more plugged in
:lol: I can't tell how many times I have told my computer that. It doesn't listen...
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Mike Wrote:mrbaggio Wrote:NIC card.
yessss redundancy.
Damn you are right. I meant network NIC card. duh
posting from my computer 8)
thanks guys, it was indeed a busted NIC.
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2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT
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