-=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:05:27 -0400
Troth,
Apparently, it's a 10/100/1000 ethernet port. According to the specs:
green light for 10-Mb operation; orange light for 100-Mb operation; yellow
light for 1000-Mbps (or 1-Gbps) operation
So the color isn't telling you anything at all other than it detects a
100 mb/s connection through the cable. Do you have a spare 10.100 card with
you that you can use to test the port itself. If the connection works with
the card, it would narrow things down to the motherboard's port, the
motherboard LAN driver or the connection settings and rule out the overall
network and ethernet cable. Assuming the connection works using the spare
card, you could just charge them for the card, let them know that the
motherboard may be aging before its time and call it a day.
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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gman
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 11:45 PM
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: XPS 400
>
> Troth,
> Is this anything I could find out for you by looking at it online?
>
> 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 11:02 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- XPS 400
>
>
>> Anyone have a Dell XPS400 system? If so, I need to ask you a question
>> regarding the Ethernet jack in the back of the computer. Please let me
>> know.
>> VERY URGENT.
>> Thanks.
>>
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>> ~ SirTroth
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