"R.J." wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a while,
> my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months ago,
> it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there is a
> CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
> troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
> cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that it is
> the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This is my
> school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of time.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> R.J.

"R.J." <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4BE765A6-4530-4EAE-8B23-214B722F696A@microsoft.com...
> Hey all,
>
> I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a while,
> my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months
> ago,
> it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there is
> a
> CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
> troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
> cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that it
> is
> the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This is
> my
> school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of
> time.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> R.J.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> Try a different network card - either a cardbus or USB model - and see if
> that allows a connection.  If it does then the internal NIC may be bad.
>
> --
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>
>
> "R.J." <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4BE765A6-4530-4EAE-8B23-214B722F696A@microsoft.com...
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a while,
> > my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months
> > ago,
> > it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there is
> > a
> > CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
> > troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
> > cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that it
> > is
> > the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This is
> > my
> > school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of
> > time.
> >
> > Thanks in advance for the help.
> >
> > R.J.
>
>
>

"R.J." <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:02AB91D7-B86A-48AE-894B-4DB828694BCC@microsoft.com...
> Hey all,
>
> First off, thanks for the help. I have discovered the problem and fixed
> it.
> I believe it is tied to the hibernate feature. I think the problem starts
> when i unplug the network cable from the computer while it is in
> hibernate,
> and then turn it on without the cable plugged in. This would cause a
> problem
> with the values stored for the NIC and cause a conflict. By starting the
> computer with a cable plugged in, I was able to reestablish the
> connection. I
> also had to reset some values in the ICS.
>
> Thanks again for all your help.
>
> R.J.
>
> "Richard G. Harper" wrote:
>
>> Try a different network card - either a cardbus or USB model - and see if
>> that allows a connection.  If it does then the internal NIC may be bad.
>>
>> --
>> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User]  rghar***@gmail.com
>> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
>> * for the benefit of all.  Private mail is usually not replied to.
>> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>
>>
>> "R.J." <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4BE765A6-4530-4EAE-8B23-214B722F696A@microsoft.com...
>> > Hey all,
>> >
>> > I have a Toshiba Satellite M45 laptop running WinXP home SP2. For a
>> > while,
>> > my NIC card was fine and would connect to my home network. A few months
>> > ago,
>> > it started acting up. The computer will no longer recognize that there
>> > is
>> > a
>> > CAT5 cable plugged into the NIC. I have done most of the standard
>> > troubleshooting on it, including pinging the loopback, trying different
>> > cables, everything short of reinstalling the driver. I don't think that
>> > it
>> > is
>> > the driver, but I don't want to do that unless it is the only way. This
>> > is
>> > my
>> > school computer and I can't afford to have it offline for any amount of
>> > time.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for the help.
>> >
>> > R.J.
>>
>>
>>