Re: cable unplugged after lightning hit
- From: scrullyxx <scrullyxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 05:19:03 -0700
I suspected that it was gone as well too but wanted other opinions. Thanks so
much for responding!
"N. Miller" wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:53:02 -0700, scrullyxx wrote:
>
> > I have bellsouth dsl w/a westell modem running on Windows XP home edition.
> > Sunday night, we got hit by lightning, knocking out the dsl modem. I received
> > the replacement, however, the ethernet light will not come up. When I
> > troubleshoot it i see the errors that the cable is unplugged. I replaced all
> > of the cables with new ones in case they were fried by the storm. There are
> > no errors in device manager foir my network card and no errors in event
> > viewer. Everything indicates that the card is working properly. Plus, it
> > worked prior to the lightning! The only way I can get access to the internet
> > is through my usb port. Any ideas how to troubleshoot this error? Thanks!
>
> I believe that the system determines that the card is "working" by running
> a loopback test. This probably does not exercise the drivers which would
> apply signal to the cable. I actually had that situation on a multiplexed
> RS-422 interface board, back when I was an HP repair tech. If the original
> DSL modem was fried by lightning, consider the NIC a goner, too; they
> aren't that expensive to replace, not like replacin a modem.
>
> --
> Norman
> ~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
> ~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
> ~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
>
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