-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400

Troth,
    I know it's a silly question, but have you tried replacing the ethernet 
cable first?  If all other systems are working fine, nothing beyond that 
cable should be touched.

    My second though is that I've also never seen a LAN light glowing 
orange, but I also know that a red LED without sufficient power can glow a 
very light red, which would appear as orange under the right circumstances. 
Test the PS and make sure it's providing enough juice for the system.  there 
may be a bad rail or something else that's preventing full power from 
reaching that light (and other things).

    In the meantime, I'm off to see if I can find some real info for you on 
those lights.

Peace,
Gman

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400


> Another client... can't get the computer to connect online. Internet comes
> in from the wall to the modem, and from the modem to a router and switch.
> Router and switch connects all hundred or so computers online. This one
> computer, however, refuses to go online. I've pretty much tried everything 
> I
> can think of, short of formatting, which I dread doing on a company
> computer, cause we have to make sure the client has EVERYTHING backed up.
>
> The Ethernet going from the router to the computer... it connects to the
> back of the computer (onboard LAN). You know the little "networking" light
> you see on the network cards that show there's a connection to the PC? 
> Well,
> on this computer, the light looks orange, as opposed to what I'm used to
> seeing... yellow. So, was wondering if the XPS specifically shows "orange"
> instead of "yellow". I'm being cautious with disconnecting the router and
> modem (say, for example, to try a direct connection to the computer) 
> because
> this is a large financial company, and doing so would take the entire 
> office
> offline. God help us if I suddenly can't get the whole network back up. 
> I'm
> not insured/bonded for such disasters!
> :o|
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ~ SirTroth 

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