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Originally posted by SecretMethod70
Today, I received a call from the resnet people and they told me that my port was not turned off intentionally. So, I tested one of my roommate's comps on my internet port, and his comp worked fine.
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Instead of switching comps, is it possible to switch cables?
I don't know how your machines are spatially set up, but perhaps you could use his cable in either your or his port to see if that fixes it.
Does windows report a problem with the network device?
(Control panel -> system -> Device Manager)*
And I'd lose the drive if I was you or at least make it your spare (non-OS) disk, as it could fail at anytime in the future...
And when it does... you'll say "but I was gonna replace it next week!"
*note: I don't run windows atm so I can't check
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Originally posted by SecretMethod70
My bad. Forgot to mention that normally Knoppix *should* work just fine. Our network does use DHCP. Knoppix still doesn't detect the network with the working ethernet card though, which it should do. Unless it's a problem related to the sound my hard drive was making, I think it may be the cable itself.
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I agree, I think you're looking at two different problems here. The second one was probably caused by tilting the machine. (even though HD's should easily be able to handle that)