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Brad Clarke
I have two identical systems with A7V400-MX mainboards with on-board
VIA Rhine II NICs.
Wednesday night we had some severe lightning storms, and at some point
the power went out. Please note that during these storms, both
computers were not turned on (they were still plugged in to power
bars).
After the storms had passed I turned on my PC to check my e-mail. I
could not connect to the internet, so I figured that my ISPs local
server was down as well. The next day I still could not get to the
net.
When I disconnected the network cable from the router/hub, the light
went out on the router/hub. When I plugged the cable back in the light
came back on.
Device manager in XP showed the device is installed and working
properly. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the device, tried different
versions of the drivers, etc. to no avail.
I have an older PC that has a PCI NIC card in it, and it is still
working fine.
It looks like the power outage somehow killed the on-board NICs on both
A7V400-MX boards (which is not covered by warranty), or perhaps a surge
came through the cable modem (which is working fine). Everything else
on these boards is functioning fine - I would have thought that if it
was a power surge, everything on the board would have been toasted.
I have since replaced the on-board NICs with PCI NIC cards, but I am
curious if this is a common problem with these on-board NICs.
VIA Rhine II NICs.
Wednesday night we had some severe lightning storms, and at some point
the power went out. Please note that during these storms, both
computers were not turned on (they were still plugged in to power
bars).
After the storms had passed I turned on my PC to check my e-mail. I
could not connect to the internet, so I figured that my ISPs local
server was down as well. The next day I still could not get to the
net.
When I disconnected the network cable from the router/hub, the light
went out on the router/hub. When I plugged the cable back in the light
came back on.
Device manager in XP showed the device is installed and working
properly. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the device, tried different
versions of the drivers, etc. to no avail.
I have an older PC that has a PCI NIC card in it, and it is still
working fine.
It looks like the power outage somehow killed the on-board NICs on both
A7V400-MX boards (which is not covered by warranty), or perhaps a surge
came through the cable modem (which is working fine). Everything else
on these boards is functioning fine - I would have thought that if it
was a power surge, everything on the board would have been toasted.
I have since replaced the on-board NICs with PCI NIC cards, but I am
curious if this is a common problem with these on-board NICs.