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Freezing with the network cable
Name: deividqc Date: January 13, 2009 at 17:51:25 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: AMD , 768MB Product: Clon pc / ANY Subcategory: Software Problems
Comment:
My computer FREEZES after I connect the network cable to the NIC, actually I'm in a DOMAIN, so I can't use all the resources : FILES, PRINTERS, PC works fine without the UTP, but WE DO NEED to be in the domain. Might the NIC be bad?, I have been connected and working good the last night and the next day I could not anymore.
Name: wanderer Date: January 13, 2009 at 18:11:38 Pacific
Reply:
I won't even ask why you are messing with the cable or why if in a domain you aren't utilizing technical support.
Keep the cable in. From a cold start boot up. Wait. Once in review the event viewer log entries for clues.
If you never get in try via safe mode.
Report back your results.
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Response Number 2
Name: aegis1 Date: January 13, 2009 at 18:29:59 Pacific
Reply:
Check the Device Manager for errors, especially with the NIC.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: January 14, 2009 at 08:38:16 Pacific
Reply:
What exactly do you mean by "Freezes?" Many people use that term when the OS is actually just completing the boot process.
To echo above: why haven't you contacted your DA or IT people?
"So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown
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Response Number 4
Name: torino Date: February 7, 2009 at 09:28:17 Pacific
Reply:
I have the same problem. If I plug the network cable in from my adsl modem and turn the pc on it only gets to the log on screen and the ibeam cursor flashes a couple of times in the password area and the computer completely locks up (no mouse/keyboard no ctl/alt/del). If I leave the network cable unplugged from my pc or from the adsl modem I can start up go to my desktop and do anything I want for as long as I want (even ran my logon for internet just to check that). Anywhere from immediately to a minute after I plug both ends of the cat5 in the pc locks up again and needs to be shut down. Must be something screwy with adsl box or nic. I will try another cable or try a router to see which is the culprit. Weird though.
Torino
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Response Number 5
Name: OtheHill Date: February 7, 2009 at 09:40:15 Pacific
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