Woke up this morning to my PC telling me 'network cable unplugged'. I check the connections, and noticed the the LED above the port on the router to which my cable was connected was flashing.
A net search revealed that this indicates a polarity mismatch.
I enabled/disabled the NIC in XP and in the BIOS, and I reinstalled the drivers. I also tried a different cable - no results.
I swapped in a wireless card, and its working fine.
So what do you think? Is my onboard NIC toast?
Can a polarity mismatch be fixed?
A net search revealed that this indicates a polarity mismatch.
I enabled/disabled the NIC in XP and in the BIOS, and I reinstalled the drivers. I also tried a different cable - no results.
I swapped in a wireless card, and its working fine.
So what do you think? Is my onboard NIC toast?
Can a polarity mismatch be fixed?