Re: Network card disabled

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Patrick,

You are correct, it is not unknown that laptop NIC cards can fail. I have,
however executed a hardware inspection using the HP ISEE website and the NIC
passed.

Matt

"Patrick Keenan" wrote:

"Mattps" <matt.standing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks Malke,

But this is a laptop - Compaq 6820s.

It's not unknown for network adapters to fail. When this happens on a
laptop, you can use a PCMCIA or ExpressPC card adapter.

HTH
-pk



Matt

"Malke" wrote:

Mattps wrote:

The NIC is onboard. No updates where installed or approved around the
time
that this started.

"DL" wrote:

Is this an onboard nic or is it a nic card?

Did the problem occur after an update, either an MS one or from HP?

"Mattps" <matt.standing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello,

I keep getting a problem with a network card in Windows XP
Professional. About 5% of every startup the network card fails to
load
it's driver and shows as a yellow exclamation mark in device
manager.
Although the driver is installed on the system and saved locally,
performing
an automatic install fails to locate the driver files. I have to
manually navigate to the folder. Then the driver installs and the
network connection
restored.

The OS is XP Professional SP2. I have downloaded the latest network
driver form HP, reisntalled SP2, installated all available XP
updates,
installed the
latest BIOS and chipset software, removed and reseated the system
board
and
all connectors.

Nothing is reported regarding the cause in the event viewer.

But it still happens. Any ideas?

If this is a desktop machine, disable the onboard card and install a
known-working PCI NIC. What are the results?

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ





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