-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400
- From: "~OoO~" <SirTroth@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 22:21:16 -0400
Turns out it was just a really messed up Windows XP. After I finally managed
to get my own software on there (as the USB was completely not working, as
drivers would not install for NOTHING), we realized that he did indeed have
some nasty stuff on the system.
I had already tried the Ethernet card replacement, as well as other systems
on that specific JACK to make sure it wasn't the JACK... as well as putting
that system on another JACK altogether, still no go. I usually have all my
tools on both USB sticks AND CDs AND DVDs. However, I took the CD/DVD holder
out of my work bag a few nights before and forgot to replace it. Hence, no
way to install and run tools using the USB... which WAS enable, btw, in the
bios.
Since I left the job site only to come back and dominate yet another day, I
then came back with the tools on DVD, which of course changed the whole
story. However, the only fix was a complete reinstall and reinstallation of
the office financial-specific software. Tool all freakin' day, but worth it
when at the end of the day the guy says to me, "I'll probably have you do
some regular maintenance jobs on my workstations."
:o)
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-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gman
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 12:39 AM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=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|
>
>
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