Help, overclocking killed my broadband!

Yucca · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:41

I need some serious help. I have the spec in sig and am connected to ubroadband in my unite accomidation in my room at uni. The boadband works via a lan wire (those grey ones like cross over cable) from the wall to the pc network port. And no set up is required, just works.

But since i had my mobo at 290fsb and i had to clear the cmos its stopped working. I have tried clearing the cmos again, unclocking the pc totally, tried both lan ports on the mobo, tried full pc virus scan ect. It should work! I have tried 2 wires and the broadband company says that its working fine on their end.

So 1) What have i done, broke? 2) How do i fit it quickly and cheap/free.

ted34 · 8 Feb 2006 at 20:48

Have you made sure the lan is enabled in the bios after cmos clear? Also check that people along your corridor have internet. Ours use to go down every sunday evening last yr when i was in halls.

Defcon5 · 8 Feb 2006 at 21:02

Is your htt bus too high?

w3bbo · 8 Feb 2006 at 23:57

I'll wager that the lan port is 'disabled' in the bios as previuosly suggested as a result from clearing the CMOS.

Yucca · 9 Feb 2006 at 17:48

IM at home now so cant check till sunday but i have cleared the cmos about 50 times in the last 2 weeks because i have been clocking it and never had this problem so im 99.9% sure that the bios settings are default correct.

My htt bus is on default as i have unclocked the pc now.

I cant check with anyone if the net is down because only about 2 people in the building have bband, and i have been told by the company that the problems on my end.

Any other ideas?

IzaLearnin · 9 Feb 2006 at 18:12

Have you tried clicking the repair button in your - control panel - "network connections" or right click on the network connections icon in the taskbar. If that fails how about using XP's system restore function to restore settings to a date before the problem began. If neither works you should try posting in the networks and internet connectivity section of these forums.

Yucca · 9 Feb 2006 at 22:00

The system restore is a good idea! I will try that when i get back. As for the repair idea, tried that and it doesnt work.

wudsta · 10 Feb 2006 at 08:42

w3bbo said:
I'll wager that the lan port is 'disabled' in the bios as previuosly suggested as a result from clearing the CMOS.

I'd be obliged to go with the above suggestion.

saffyre · 10 Feb 2006 at 10:25

Possibly u have erased your mac address from the bios, i had a problem very similar to this with my neo 2. I ended up using a modded bios to restore my mac address. Apparently it is a common problem with the neo 2.

Yucca · 10 Feb 2006 at 18:31

saffyre said:
Possibly u have erased your mac address from the bios, i had a problem very similar to this with my neo 2. I ended up using a modded bios to restore my mac address. Apparently it is a common problem with the neo 2.

Now that sound simular to what somone else told me. Care to expand on what yuu have said?

warnea1984 · 10 Feb 2006 at 23:45

If it is the bios that has lost the net connection safest and easiest solution is to go get yourself a network card, only cost around £17 on OcUK

Or get one of your mates to bring a pc to your room and see if he can get it to work using the same cables but on his laptop.

Removes the possiblity of faulty cables.