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[JackMDS]

aaronjbc123 it this point you might be better off disabling the Onboard NIC and buy a PCI one.

Installation of these NICs is Not Brain Surgery and if you have so much trouble it is possible that the onboard NIC is No Good, these nVidia devices do have higher rate of failure as compare to regular PCI NICs.

 

[aaronjbc123]

Ok. Recommend any brands? Netgear, linksys, trendnet are all decent brands? and I should get a 10/100/1000 one correct?

 

[simondedalus]

i think u must consult with a hardware geek who knows every ins and outs of this ..........

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: simondedalus
i think u must consult with a hardware geek who knows every ins and outs of this ..........

Hmm.... I thought that is what he was doing here in the last few days.

 

[RebateMonger]

Yeah, at this point just grab a $10-$20 NIC and install it, along with the drivers that come with it. If THAT works, then you'll know it's a simple hardware or driver issue with the built-in NIC. It never hurts to have a spare network card laying around anyway.

There isn't a a lot of difference between NICs. Some of the higher-end ones have some performance advantages, but most folks will never notice the difference unless doing lots of very large file transfers among local computers.

 

[nweaver]

Originally posted by: RebateMonger
Yeah, at this point just grab a $10-$20 NIC and install it, along with the drivers that come with it. If THAT works, then you'll know it's a simple hardware or driver issue with the built-in NIC. It never hurts to have a spare network card laying around anyway.

There isn't a a lot of difference between NICs. Some of the higher-end ones have some performance advantages, but most folks will never notice the difference unless doing lots of very large file transfers among local computers.

For the average home user, this is absolutly right.

For my network at work though, I tend to stick to Intel, but that's because we run a ton of different OS's (Linux, Windows, Netware, Unix) and we have to have a boot rom and PXE boot.

OP, just go get an inexpensive card at your local box store with XP drivers, then just plug it in/install from CD.