[MBZ] OT: Re: Computer question

2013-09-19 Thread Craig
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 08:53:12 -0400 Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: A friends Dell P6754yPC desktop computer won't connect to the internet. I fixed the TCP/IP but now Window7 says the rj45 modem is bad (the wireless modem works okay). There's a lot of lightning in this area that

Re: [MBZ] OT: Re: Computer question

2013-09-19 Thread Brian Toscano
yeah that's kind of weird. lightning once struck a pole outside my house and the strangest things went out.. NIC card on my computer, router, top 1 of my TV, aux relay in my stereo and the lutron light dimmers... On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: On Thu,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Re: Computer question

2013-09-19 Thread Gerry Archer
arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: A friends Dell P6754yPC desktop computer won't connect to the internet. I fixed the TCP/IP but now Window7 says the rj45 modem is bad (the wireless modem works okay). There's a lot of lightning in this area that often takes out internal modems. Craig wrote:

Re: [MBZ] OT: Re: Computer question

2013-09-19 Thread Gerry Archer
Sounds like you had something between a lightning strike and a transient lightning strike. Around here, which is one of the two lightning capitals of the world (a place in South Africa is the other), we call it a transient strike if there are no burn marks on the damaged appliances or wiring,

Re: [MBZ] OT: Re: Computer question

2013-09-19 Thread Craig
On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 18:31:00 -0400 Gerry Archer arche...@embarqmail.com wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:33:30 -0600 Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote: What model is the NIC you intend on using? I'll need that to see what kind of connector it has. I'm looking at an Intel PRO/1000 GT