Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-19 Thread sam
SUCCESS! The TRENDnet was/is plug and play! Many, Many thanks. Happily reporting to you from the ol Sawtooth, Sam On Jul 13, 10:18 pm, sam adopt...@nycap.rr.com wrote: I did some diggin around today and after reading tons of posts, decided on the TRENDnet Gigabit PCI adapter. It supposedly

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jul 13, 2009, at 7:18 PM, sam wrote: I did some diggin around today and after reading tons of posts, decided on the TRENDnet Gigabit PCI adapter. It supposedly works seemlessly with the sawtooth on 10.4.11. I figure if it doesn't I'll only be out $14.69(new in box-that included

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread Wayne Garrett
Get a cheap Realtek NIC. PCI On 7/12/09, sam adopt...@nycap.rr.com wrote: G4 Sawtooth - 400, OS 10.4.8 We had a massive lightning storm last night and after reading a bunch of post and trying out 3 different cables I've come to the conclusion that I zapped my ethernet port. I'm a little

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread sam
Thank you - I will do that. I had no idea that they were in existence. I'm a bit green when it comes to the mechanics of the HD. On Jul 13, 12:57 am, Jonas Ulrich jonasulrich3...@gmail.com wrote: What ever you do, DON'T GET A USB ETHERNET CARD. it will be very very slow. also it is much

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread sam
Thank you. This will install in one of the open slots? Sam On Jul 13, 2:28 am, Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com wrote: Get a cheap Realtek NIC. PCI On 7/12/09, sam adopt...@nycap.rr.com wrote: G4 Sawtooth - 400, OS 10.4.8 We had a massive lightning storm last night and after

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread Bill Connelly
Don't want to alarm you, but I had a similar experience with lightening that knocked out my ethernet port in my Quicksilver 2002 Dual 1GHz (and a Nikon 5000Ed scanner ...) over the ethernet network at home ... It also messed up the PCI slots and/or USB channel. Didn't show up right

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread Wayne Garrett
Should work. My old B+W G3 worked with a PCI NIC installed with no drivers. On 7/13/09, sam adopt...@nycap.rr.com wrote: Thank you. This will install in one of the open slots? Sam On Jul 13, 2:28 am, Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com wrote: Get a cheap Realtek NIC. PCI On 7/12/09, sam

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread sam
Apple Hardware Test? I am not familiar with this. Could you please tell me where I can find this? ...now that I am alarmed! I'm hoping to get another year out of this machine for as little as possible before I make the move to the new intel proc. Thanks, Sam On Jul 13, 11:58 am, Bill Connelly

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread nestami...@gmail.com
sam wrote: Apple Hardware Test? I am not familiar with this. Could you please tell me where I can find this? ...now that I am alarmed! I'm hoping to get another year out of this machine for as little as possible before I make the move to the new intel proc. Thanks, Sam On Jul 13, 11:58

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread Bill Connelly
On Jul 13, 2009, at 3:06 PM, nestami...@gmail.com wrote: sam wrote: Apple Hardware Test? I am not familiar with this. Could you please tell me where I can find this? Sam, apple Hardware tests are actually CDs that you run on the machine to test its part. I think you can find them on

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread ktilford1
On Jul 12, 2009, at 11:57 PM, Jonas Ulrich wrote: What ever you do, DON'T GET A USB ETHERNET CARD. it will be very very slow. also it is much cheaper to get a pci ethernet card. you can probably just search pci ethernet card on ebay. I know someone who just installed one and it works great.

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread sam
No problem. Thanks, Sam On Jul 13, 3:14 pm, Bill Connelly billycarm...@verizon.net wrote: On Jul 13, 2009, at 3:06 PM, nestami...@gmail.com wrote: sam wrote: Apple Hardware Test? I am not familiar with this. Could you please tell me where I can find this? Sam, apple Hardware tests

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread sam
Can you tell me what NIC stands for? On Jul 13, 1:05 pm, Wayne Garrett groge...@gmail.com wrote: Should work.  My old B+W G3 worked with a PCI NIC installed with no drivers. On 7/13/09, sam adopt...@nycap.rr.com wrote: Thank you. This will install in one of the open slots? Sam

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread Ralph Green
On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 19:11 -0700, sam wrote: Can you tell me what NIC stands for? Network Interface Card --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs -

Re: ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-13 Thread sam
Yup. that makes sense! Thanks Ralph. Sam On Jul 13, 10:20 pm, Ralph Green sfrea...@sbcglobal.net wrote: On Mon, 2009-07-13 at 19:11 -0700, sam wrote: Can you tell me what NIC stands for?  Network Interface Card --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

ethernet port gone bad - need advise on adapter, etc. Please.

2009-07-12 Thread sam
G4 Sawtooth - 400, OS 10.4.8 We had a massive lightning storm last night and after reading a bunch of post and trying out 3 different cables I've come to the conclusion that I zapped my ethernet port. I'm a little miffed about this as I DID spend the money on good surge protectors. On the other