Realtek 8111e vs. Precise

[Ric Moore]

On 03/06/2013 05:51 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 6 March 2013 09:09, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
>
> You may be correct, but it would be a bit odd for something like that
> to stop his NIC from working, would it not?


Maybe he needs the old Plug N Play package installed?? I'm just trouble 
shooting with a shotgun here. :) Ric



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