Realtek 8111e vs. Precise

[Ric Moore]

On 03/05/2013 11:46 AM, MR wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 1:30 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> :
>>
>> Have you tried the live cd yet?  That may tell you whether it is
>> something that has got messed up since you initially installed.  Also
>> you said this started happening after you made some hardware changes.
>> Have you tried disconnecting the extra devices?
>>
>
> Live CD also fails.
>
> The "extra devices" were a replacement DVD writer and a replacement
> hard disk.  I can't imagine how those could cause this, but I'll try
> disconnecting the DVD drive later when I have some time (the disk has
> /home on it and "can't" be disconnected - sort of - I know, it can,
> but it's a pain I'd rather forgo.)

If these are SATA drives, I "think" that the CD/DVD drive has to be 
connected to the last plug on the motherboard. You might want to google 
or find your manual and check up on this. :) Ric


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