17 Sep
2012
17 Sep
'12
6:26 p.m.
On Monday 17 September 2012 10:16:54 Lisi wrote:
On Sunday 16 September 2012 22:51:02 Baron wrote:
Unless you took specific precautions against self inflicted static
damage that is is always a possibility. Indeed I have damaged a
mainboard or two by forgetfulness or being in a hurry and not double
checked that things have been static safe or even worse still powered
up but not running. The trouble with this kind of damage is that it
can be immediate or some time later before it shows itself.
As far as an old network card is concerned, there is usually no problem
with drivers, its more likely that the card is faulty. Again bad power
supplies either to the card or on board can display weird behaviors.
Mmm. Two things spring to mind. Download
corruption because of a
bad network card or poor cable connections on the Ethernet
connectors. Try replacing the cable.
Thanks, Baron. Yes, I thought of the cable.
After reading your suggestion, I have ordered a new network card
because the network card is indeed an old one. I couldn't install
with the on-board one because the driver is not in the Squeeze
install. I was concentrating on the basic problem, and installed an
old network card so that the driver would indeed be supplied by the
installer.
I am beginning to wonder whether I damaged the motherboard when I was
installing it. :-( Thanks for your help,
Lisi
You're welcome. :-)
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Best Regards:
Baron.