Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
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Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
07-02-2010 9:44 PM
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Can anyone help?? I am stumped now.....
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07-02-2010 9:56 PM
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Try booting from a recent Linux distro Live CD (Ubuntu 9.10/Mint 8 etc) and see if they see the nic ok, if they do then it is a driver issue, if not possible hardware failure.
(http://www,linuxmint.com http://www.ubuntu.com to get the cds burn as an IMAGE don't burn the iso to a cd )
Re: Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
09-02-2010 4:26 PM
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I suggest going to the Dell website and downloading the full driver set for your model and installing the latest version of these.
Re: Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
09-02-2010 9:00 PM
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1.. Tried a Linux disk, still no internal NIC.
2.. Before I reformatted, I downloaded all the current drivers via my service tag, from the Dell website.
I suspect this is a hardware failure, but I have never heard of the NIC going south on an otherwise perfectly functional MOBO. I will strip down the laptop this weekend, just to see if there's something like a dry joint causing the issue.....
Re: Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
09-02-2010 9:05 PM
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09-02-2010 9:37 PM
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That is interesting. before this happened, I had an issue with a Blue Screen at startup. and then a couple of drivers went missing. Rebooted,to the BIOS, and the clock was completely out by a few years. Its been fine since however..... Could try the BIOS battery, there cheap anyway...
Re: Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
12-02-2010 9:51 PM
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Thanks Again chaps.
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12-02-2010 10:01 PM
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13-02-2010 9:26 PM
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Re: Dell Internal NIC gone missing......
28-02-2010 8:49 PM
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Does anyone have any other ideas. Again, the NIC lights work, but appear to mimic whatever the Wireless NIC is doing.
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28-02-2010 9:06 PM
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01-03-2010 11:08 AM
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No I didnt, didnt think i would need to, but its an idea. It came from Hong Kong did the battery, from E-Bay.....
Will check, and post back later on.
Chris
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01-03-2010 6:43 PM
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01-03-2010 7:43 PM
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I wonder if an electrolytic capacitor has gone duff, and it is working some times and most times not... !... this could prevent the circuit from recognising the battery is in circuit, and thus no NIC !...
(I am not an electronics engineer.... the above mentioned statement is only a (un)educated guess ! ! )
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01-03-2010 8:53 PM
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Rgrds
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