Ok, just to make it clear, the problem is that my computer says its connected to the internet (the ip address is router assigned, 192.168.1.107, dns servers are assigned, subnet mask, and whatnot) and I can ping websites and other computers on the network, but websites, aim, msn, etc won't load...
I can ping the router and DNS server ip's fine. I can't access the router from my new computer, but I can access the router from every other computer in my apartment.
I get an IP as it is right now. It's set at 192.168.1.101 and it's still not working. I don't have another ethernet card handy to just toss into my computer and I've tried cycling the modem and router, plugging directly into the modem, using a different ethernet cable, and some others.
Just got off the phone with the ISP. They told me to do a bunch of stuff... recycle the modem and router, fiddle with some IE options, lan settings, repairing the connection, disabling firewalls. Nothing too useful to my situation. They said everything looked fine from their end, modem-wise.
So I recently bought a Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 motherboard for my new computer and formatted my hard drives last night. I installed all the chipset drivers on the included CD, which included the onboard LAN.
The onboard LAN card is the Marvell Yukon 88E8053. After installing it, the connection...
Hmm, I'm a bit torn seeing as how people on other formums are saying the 8800s are the only good DX10 cards out. I'm probably going to upgrade to Vista once the first service pack comes out or something, but who knows when that'll be. I am VERY hesitant to shell out almost $300 on a graphics...
So this is my setup:
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 Conroe 1.86GHz 4M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115015
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express...
Anyone have any opinions on the Antec Nine Hundred case?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129021
Seems like the only problems are the amount of dust caught without filters, some noise problems, and the PSU cables not being long enough because of the PSU placement...