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Laptop Modem and Lan dead?
My laptop has built-in modem and lan connections. A couple of months ago
the lan connection died and I replaced it with a usb adapter. Not having used the dial-up for ages, I've now found that too is dead. I'm suspecting that they died together. Thinking the bios might have got scrambled, so I checked. There appears to be no entry for either connection. The parallel port is there, as is the infra-red, but nothing for the modem and lan. Should there be entries for these connections, please? Working on the assumption that both have been affected by a single fault, does it sound psu-ish, or a dead chip somewhere, please? Just wondering if I'm wasting my time opening up the laptop. Thanks Allan |
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Laptop Modem and Lan dead?
allan wrote:
My laptop has built-in modem and lan connections. A couple of months ago the lan connection died and I replaced it with a usb adapter. Not having used the dial-up for ages, I've now found that too is dead. I'm suspecting that they died together. Thinking the bios might have got scrambled, so I checked. There appears to be no entry for either connection. The parallel port is there, as is the infra-red, but nothing for the modem and lan. Should there be entries for these connections, please? Not necessarily. I would have expected there would be some sort of "Wake on LAN" setting that suggets a network connection, but it's not a given. At any rate, it seems improbable that a "scrambled BIOS" would lead to just modem and LAN related entries disappearing. Working on the assumption that both have been affected by a single fault, does it sound psu-ish, or a dead chip somewhere, please? Just wondering if I'm wasting my time opening up the laptop. I would investigate software causes first. Are either of the devices listed, or are there any unknown devices, in your system settings? Can you get a Linux boot cd to recognize either device? |
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Laptop Modem and Lan dead?
"Grinder" wrote in message news:r9%xi.67845$Fc.41275@attbi_s21... allan wrote: My laptop has built-in modem and lan connections. A couple of months ago the lan connection died and I replaced it with a usb adapter. Not having used the dial-up for ages, I've now found that too is dead. I'm suspecting that they died together. Thinking the bios might have got scrambled, so I checked. There appears to be no entry for either connection. The parallel port is there, as is the infra-red, but nothing for the modem and lan. Should there be entries for these connections, please? Not necessarily. I would have expected there would be some sort of "Wake on LAN" setting that suggets a network connection, but it's not a given. At any rate, it seems improbable that a "scrambled BIOS" would lead to just modem and LAN related entries disappearing. Working on the assumption that both have been affected by a single fault, does it sound psu-ish, or a dead chip somewhere, please? Just wondering if I'm wasting my time opening up the laptop. I would investigate software causes first. Are either of the devices listed, or are there any unknown devices, in your system settings? Can you get a Linux boot cd to recognize either device? Hi 'Grinder' No, there's no wake-on-LAN setting. However, there have been a development, albeit not the wanted one. On the question of system settings, on XP both devices appear as normal, with no indication of error. The modem diagnostics appear OK, so it would seem like the output/line side in trouble. There are no unknown devices. Your point about Linux gave me another avenue, during which it transpired that the dead LAN connection had sprung back to life. The trouble I had with it lasted several days and eventually I replaced it with a usb LAN adapter, which has been fine, so I had no cause to recheck recently. The mainboard link is now working OK, but the modem is still U/S. The bios still shows no entry for the reborn LAN, so I can discount that idea. Perhaps the modem will 'wake on something or other' too, but I suspect that lightning may have zonked it. I think it may be a mini-pci card, so I might see how easily I can get to it to reseat it, just in case. Thanks for your help. Allan |
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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:12:23 +0100, "allan"
wrote: No, there's no wake-on-LAN setting. However, there have been a development, albeit not the wanted one. On the question of system settings, on XP both devices appear as normal, with no indication of error. The modem diagnostics appear OK, so it would seem like the output/line side in trouble. There are no unknown devices. Your point about Linux gave me another avenue, during which it transpired that the dead LAN connection had sprung back to life. The trouble I had with it lasted several days and eventually I replaced it with a usb LAN adapter, which has been fine, so I had no cause to recheck recently. The mainboard link is now working OK, but the modem is still U/S. The bios still shows no entry for the reborn LAN, so I can discount that idea. Perhaps the modem will 'wake on something or other' too, but I suspect that lightning may have zonked it. I think it may be a mini-pci card, so I might see how easily I can get to it to reseat it, just in case. Thanks for your help. If you have the laptop's power management configuration utility, run that and see if these are disabled under certain power states and if so, try enabling them. If you don't have the power management config util, get it from the manufacturer (website), or maybe it's on the original discs that came w/laptop. |
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Laptop Modem and Lan dead?
"kony" wrote in message ... On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:12:23 +0100, "allan" wrote: No, there's no wake-on-LAN setting. However, there have been a development, albeit not the wanted one. On the question of system settings, on XP both devices appear as normal, with no indication of error. The modem diagnostics appear OK, so it would seem like the output/line side in trouble. There are no unknown devices. Your point about Linux gave me another avenue, during which it transpired that the dead LAN connection had sprung back to life. The trouble I had with it lasted several days and eventually I replaced it with a usb LAN adapter, which has been fine, so I had no cause to recheck recently. The mainboard link is now working OK, but the modem is still U/S. The bios still shows no entry for the reborn LAN, so I can discount that idea. Perhaps the modem will 'wake on something or other' too, but I suspect that lightning may have zonked it. I think it may be a mini-pci card, so I might see how easily I can get to it to reseat it, just in case. Thanks for your help. If you have the laptop's power management configuration utility, run that and see if these are disabled under certain power states and if so, try enabling them. If you don't have the power management config util, get it from the manufacturer (website), or maybe it's on the original discs that came w/laptop. Hi Kony The laptop is over 4 years old and the origin is a bit obscure. It looks much like the Elitegroup 732, but the site does not show a specific power utility and my original driver disk doesn't have one either. I no longer need it, but a friend showed some slight interest, and that's why I was checking it. If he comes back, I may dig further, if not, I'm fine with its broadband connection. Thanks for your interest. Allan |
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