-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400

The little light on my computer, a Dell Dimension 8300 about 5 years 
old, is orange.  The network is working fine.

Don

----- 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|
>

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