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
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,
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:
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,
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