anyone experiance reboots during a File transfer**Update it was hardware**

[lotust]

I have a 10 base LAN between two PC. But when I do a file transfer from one PC to another. sometimes the host PC just reboots?



OS Windows 98.

 

[lotust]

$hit this sucks some one Please help all I want to do is share files . Nothing else is rinning in the Back round.

 

[0ymZ0]

Try to send data to another computer from the host computer and see if that reboots. if it does, it can be a hardware problem.

You can also try to reinstall your NIC cards.

 

[ElDiablo]

Maybe you have IRQ conflicts between your NIC and hard drive controller. Or, your cpu could be overheating since all data is piped through it and that's what's causing it to crash.

 

[lotust]

No IRQ conflicts, No overheating here. Dam I cant belive this happens. It semms to go fine but any files over 1mb it gets all chocked up and the host reboots. how do I make the lappy the host ? reverse the IP adresses?

 

[Strike]

I have seen this a couple times.

In both cases, it was a hardware problem.

Once it was a bad NIC, the other it was a bad network cable.

I would try replacing both. Note a bad cable can work OK at some levels and not at others ( from my experience. )


Strike

 

[IsOs]

lotust,

even if you don't see a IRQ conflict, try to move your NIC to another slot and test it again.

 

[lotust]

cool thanks gys Ill try all of you suggestion right now. I hope this works. I have been pulling my hair out.

 

[lotust]

dam sill rebooting after I did all of the above. Could it be that the Nicp are too slow also maybe the laptop is too slow?


Host PC 900 mhz

laptop 133mhz 1.3 GB Hd 80mb of ram

Linkys T base Nic in the host

3com Nic in the lappy.

Linksys Hub to connect tham both.

 

[lotust]

help

 

[0ymZ0]

have you tried transfering data from the laptop to the pc? try that and see what happens )

 

[0ymZ0]

sorry, doulbe post

 

[ElDiablo]

< semms to go fine but any files over 1mb it gets all chocked up and the host reboots. >

How far is it getting with these transfers b4 it craps?? And this means it works for files < 1 mb??

how do I make the lappy the host ? reverse the IP adresses? to make the lappy the host, you would need to be sending files from it to your other computer (desktop I assume).

btw, what sort of connection is this?? Meaning, are they connected through a hub or do you have the adapter that allows direct connect??

 

[lotust]

ok I tryed all of what you guys said. I reversed the connections. they are connected threw a hub. some things wrong here(I think it the $hitty Linksys hardware)

sometimes it reboots after a 1 meg file sometimes after 3 meg file. I am using the TCP/IP protocall by the way. I evan bought a new NIC for the lappy but it still does not work.

Any more Ideas guys I really need this to work.

 

[ElDiablo]

Did you buy another 3com for the lappy or did you go with someone else?? I had a friend who bought 3 or 4 3com cards b4 figuring out the brand name meant nothing and they were a piece of S.

The next step I would try is a new network card for computer number 2 (replace the linksys card). That is going to be your point of failure. The card in the laptop shouldn't affect your other computer because all it can do is send info.

BTW, is your system overclocked at all?? Having your PCI bus out of spec affects network cards a lot more than others.

 

[lotust]

ElDiablo,

I tryed a netgear for the lappy. I have a fealing its the lappys slow HD. Nut im no expert thats for sure.





I just bought a cdrom for the lappy. I gave up. I payed 100$ for a 24x external cd rom. I have spent about 8 hours trying different things. I was up till 2:00am trying to get it right but no go OOOo well what can I do? any one wanna buy the kit from me? 45$ shipped

 

[Scarpozzi]

If these are Windows PCs, use Netbeui through Network Neighborhood if you can...it'll run better than TCP/IP. If you don't have an IRQ conflict, you may have either a memory problem or a processor/mobo problem. Those are the most common probs for CPU reboots. If you are running into this problem and you REALLY need to move the data, look for a Win95 Direct Connect Cable. It runs on your 25 pin female connector(DB25) printer port. You can hook that up and load your Direct Connection software that comes with windows and it should work, but it may do the same thing if your problem is hardware... Either way, the only way to solve it is to test it and try swapping things out... Good luck-

 

[lotust]

It must be a hardware conflict guys, I tried using the DB25 cable from Pc to Pc still no good they will not connect. Dam this sucks. Next thing you know the new Cd-rom I bought will not work either. I think I will scream soon.


That PCMCIA Cd Rom will not work as well. I really want to thanks you all for trying to help me out here


Maybe it?s an Intel VS Amd thing? I think there fighting when they try to connect.

 

[ElDiablo]

I have a duron desktop and an intel laptop with no probs. I'm using d-link cards tho.

Good luck trying to figure it out.

And that cd-rom u bought doesn't work either?? Maybe it's a POS laptop??

 

[AC]

Did you try using a crossover cable (~$15) and tossing the hub out of the equation altogether? I've had instances where the files don't want to go through the hub, but go through fine when connected directly with the crossover cable. Don't know if this will help or not.

[Edit]
If you only need to transfer the files, you could try taking all the extras out of the system leaving the barebones and the NICs. Getting them to work with a simpler configuration might be easier.

 

[tim0thy]

have you tried sticking the PCMCIA NIC into another slot? might be the slot is bad...

 

[lotust]

Guys it was hardware I just bought a netgear kit. it works flawlessly. that linksys must have a conflict or its broken. But thank you all for you help. It was the hard ware like you all said. I am happy now. The whole netgear kit was just 70$. I bought the linksys kit right here in the forums from *Bad Dude* I think the kit works just not in my system maybe Ill sell it. 45$ I think I payed for it shipped.

 

[ElDiablo]

LOL

Oh well, guess you built some character