I knew everything was going too smoothly. I am in the process of building two identical systems (rather publicly, for those who have visited my site). Everything had been going together far better than anticipated... until now.
I was in the process of setting up the second system when I attempted to access the internet (thru onboard LAN to my cable modem) and it was a big no go. This drive is an identical "Ghost" from the first system I built. The first system has no trouble connecting with the same configuration (and I mean EXACTLY the same).
I switched the HD from the good system into this one and still no go. I think I have a pretty ironclad case here for the mobo being bad, but maybe, just maybe someone here knows some reason that this might happen other than a bad mobo.
Even if bad, I may not send it back since the system is going to my brother who lives in a rural area with no high speed internet. Besides it probably costs more in shipping and restocking fees than just buying a PCI NIC. Still, I want the damn thing to be right.
any ideas?
I was in the process of setting up the second system when I attempted to access the internet (thru onboard LAN to my cable modem) and it was a big no go. This drive is an identical "Ghost" from the first system I built. The first system has no trouble connecting with the same configuration (and I mean EXACTLY the same).
I switched the HD from the good system into this one and still no go. I think I have a pretty ironclad case here for the mobo being bad, but maybe, just maybe someone here knows some reason that this might happen other than a bad mobo.
Even if bad, I may not send it back since the system is going to my brother who lives in a rural area with no high speed internet. Besides it probably costs more in shipping and restocking fees than just buying a PCI NIC. Still, I want the damn thing to be right.
any ideas?
