Alan2273 Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 This problem really has me tearing my hair out.Over the past few months my wife's computer keeps losing its internet connection.I have tried a system restore, this did not work, an Acronis restore, this did not work, ipconfig / release and renew, no effect, I have done an XP repair install and reloaded XP SP3 and got the connection back only to find the next day no connection again.This machine is using Avira anti-virus and Comodo firewall.I have even uninstalled the LAN drivers and reinstalled them, but no difference.This computer is on cable broadband through a D-Link wired router, which my other computer and laptop have no trouble connecting to, I have tried connecting direct to the cable modem and still no connection.Has anyone got any thoughts on this . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Only one basic suggestion... Have you tried a different cable to the router? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Is there another Ethernet socket you could test on?You could try installing an extra Ethernet PCI card to see if that worked. They aren't expensive e.g. http://www.ebuyer.com/search/?qfind=ethern...mp;x=28&y=9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted July 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 pops, I had an old PCI Ethernet card in my spares box and that solved the problem.My only problem now is that this motherboard only has two PCI slots and a sound card was plugged in the one (as the onboard sound packed up) and a PCI/IDE controller card was plugged in the other, so it had to go and now I cannot use my trusty old ZIP drive which was connected to the PCI/IDE card.Still I suppose that is what they call progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 Years ago I was caught out with a motherboard with only 2 PCI slots. I vowed then that all future boards would have at least 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wawa Posted July 13, 2008 Report Share Posted July 13, 2008 i usually get this problem too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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