Integrated nic? Assuming the problems are related, it sounds like a bad motherboard. But a couple on things to check would be to mobo grounding(loose screws) and test the power supply. If they both check out it's very likly the mobo. On Jan 5, 2011 9:20 PM, "Bob Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a PC that has become flaky. I built it in Spring, 2003. > (Pentium 4 at 2.4 GHz, i865 > chipset.) If I turn it on, about half the time it will POST, about > 1/4 the time it will boot, and > once in a while it will make it into the X desktop for a few minutes. > > Is it possible that some of these failures are caused by a dead CMOS > battery? Should a > CMOS battery be dead after 8 years? (I'm thinking it should have died > after three or four.) > The box has been sitting unplugged for a couple of months, which would > let the battery > discharge. > > There is a possibly related problem that I can't get the Ethernet > interface to hold its MAC > address across reboots. That's the reason I unplugged it last autumn. > > I will reseat all the boards while I await your answers. > > Thanks. > > -- > Bob Miller K<bob> > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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