@Ratman
yeah, i was hoping to avoid that route.... so far, with the time i've invested in fixing this machine (if i was charging for the work), it could've bought two Dells....
i'm doing a "safe" system recovery to see if that will do the trick. but if it does, i'm wondering if it too will drop off again later.
anyone have any ideas why this would happen?
for the record, i've also tried:
- winsockfix. no effect.
- eMachine's driver recovery application. no effect.
- restoring default BIOS settings. no effect.
- kicking the machine. no effect. (but it made me feel better.)
:-)
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