NIC problems

[Mr Zero]

I am running XP PRO and AMD wiith a K8N NEO Platinum MB with onboard NIC.

Out of the blue, I have lost access to the internet. Cox (my internet provider) says their highspeed motorola modem is working fine and that it appears I have a software problem on the computer. They tried renewing an ip address and failed.

Is there a way to determine if I have a hardware or software problem? Getting a standalone NIC would be an easy solution but I don't want to waste $$ if my setup is operating fine as is. Software, on the other hand, is more of a problem as I have disabled system restore and have failed to make a backup. Eek.

Thanks for the help!!

 

[helpmeout]

This isn't a solutioni to your problem, but I've found onboard NIC to be a problem on several of my computers in the past. As cheap as a card is, I would put one in.

 

[Rocket321]

I'd check device manager (right click my computer>>properties>>hardware>>device manager) and see if anything has a yellow "!" for an icon. You could also try uninstalling the NIC from device manager and reboot which will cause XP to reinstall the driver.

Any chance you just installed a new firewall or security software?

 

[jackschmittusa]

Or SP2?

 

[Mr Zero]

Thanks for the replys. I have not installed anything new in the security department. SP2 was installed long ago and I've had no conflicts. As I said above, all of a sudden my internet access was gone after having worked fine for months. Very strange.

In any case, I've ordered a new stand alone NIC and will try the suggestion above, too. Plus, I bought True Image to ease the unsettling feeling of having zero backup.