SanDiegoPC
Senior member
I just resurrected a backup computer with this MB. It was in daily use on my home LAN, as my wife's computer with a P4 2.8 chip. I could always access it for file sharing then, and that was right up til two weeks ago.
Then I built myself this Quad system and my wife got the old P4 3.0G overclocked that I was using. I put that system in her case along with 2 gigs of RAM and a clean install of XP Pro on a larger drive - so she's really enjoying the upgrade.
That left me with an extra case and the P4P 800 board with a good CPU on it. I put that stuff together in a backup machine, and installed it in a spare bedroom on the (wired) LAN. Problem is that now, I cannot access the machine on a day-to-day basis anymore. It drops off the LAN after a very short time.
When I install Windows, I always turn off hibernation mode, and tell it to never spin down the drives. That is how the old machine was originally set up with that mother board & CPU - and I always had access.
I've looked for 'wake on LAN' in the BIOS but it's not an option. I even installed an additional PCI NIC to try in place of the onboard one. NOTHING that I have done so far, will keep this computer on the network at all times. It just drops off, and you cannot regain access to it without restarting it.
So what's changed since I had this board in the other case, in another part of the network (bedroom)? The only thing that is different is the case and the hard drive. Same CPU and RAM on the motherboard. No changes have been made to the BIOS setup since it was in my wife's old PC.
Right after it's been restarted, I have complete access to it by all the other computers on the network. I can use Remote Desktop too, and use it just like I was sitting in front of it. But then it drops off.
It will even drop off the network while you are logged in to it, with Remote Desktop. Why does it do this? It doesn't make sense to me ... HELP!
One of the reasons this is important to me is printing. I have a trusty ol' HP LaserJet 6P that is Parallel only....and this new computer I have now has no parallel port. So I was using the printer through networking to the backup computer. That only works though, when I restart it. Once it drops off the LAN, of course I can no longer print through it.
Not to mention that a 'backup' computer is no good if you can't backup your files on it as designed.
Thanks for any insight as to whats' happening here.
Paul in San Diego
Then I built myself this Quad system and my wife got the old P4 3.0G overclocked that I was using. I put that system in her case along with 2 gigs of RAM and a clean install of XP Pro on a larger drive - so she's really enjoying the upgrade.
That left me with an extra case and the P4P 800 board with a good CPU on it. I put that stuff together in a backup machine, and installed it in a spare bedroom on the (wired) LAN. Problem is that now, I cannot access the machine on a day-to-day basis anymore. It drops off the LAN after a very short time.
When I install Windows, I always turn off hibernation mode, and tell it to never spin down the drives. That is how the old machine was originally set up with that mother board & CPU - and I always had access.
I've looked for 'wake on LAN' in the BIOS but it's not an option. I even installed an additional PCI NIC to try in place of the onboard one. NOTHING that I have done so far, will keep this computer on the network at all times. It just drops off, and you cannot regain access to it without restarting it.
So what's changed since I had this board in the other case, in another part of the network (bedroom)? The only thing that is different is the case and the hard drive. Same CPU and RAM on the motherboard. No changes have been made to the BIOS setup since it was in my wife's old PC.
Right after it's been restarted, I have complete access to it by all the other computers on the network. I can use Remote Desktop too, and use it just like I was sitting in front of it. But then it drops off.
It will even drop off the network while you are logged in to it, with Remote Desktop. Why does it do this? It doesn't make sense to me ... HELP!
One of the reasons this is important to me is printing. I have a trusty ol' HP LaserJet 6P that is Parallel only....and this new computer I have now has no parallel port. So I was using the printer through networking to the backup computer. That only works though, when I restart it. Once it drops off the LAN, of course I can no longer print through it.
Not to mention that a 'backup' computer is no good if you can't backup your files on it as designed.
Thanks for any insight as to whats' happening here.
Paul in San Diego
