-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400

One last thought, Troth.

Check the BIOS to make sure the port is even enabled.

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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