I checked various locations by phone, and it saved me a lot of unnecessary driving, as only one out of four of the nearest Best Buys had the case in stock. I got the last one in Oswego, IL for $49.99. That being said, asking about the SKU by phone yielded a computer responding three units...
The MCH failure would make sense. I installed the passive heatsink when I first built the computer, but I guess I didn't modify the heatsink enough, because, as seen in the first image, two of the retaining pins came out of the motherboard. It could have been like this for years.
I...
Basically, after returning from a one month vacation, my previously flawless system succumbed to a series of errors that led to it failing to even POST.
The system in question is the Pentium 4 build in my signature. Before leaving for a vacation, I set a system password, disconnected the...
I started folding back in the day when I liked the [H].... That "stage" has long since passed and now I only continue because I find it a waste to just let my computer sit there...idling... I stick with this team only because there was once a time when I enjoyed these forums. I don't...
I just went out and purchased a new LinkSys switch, and all is working again. Thats the only thing I figured it could of been because the connection worked fine from the modem to the computer but not through the switch. I also ruled out cable failure and went straight to switch failure and...
Yet some more pics for you...
The computers that are connected through the switch don't get an IP address assigned... I don't know why though. :confused:
I don't see any DHCP settings in the modem, but heres how it worked before.
I don't want to reset the modem either, because it was setup by my ISP, and I don't know the settings the it should be set to.
This was a surprise for me as my ADSL has worked flawlessly since I can remember. Now, I had it set up wrong I'm thinking, so I don't know how it worked. Before, I had a regular cable going from the modem to the switch, and then the switch distributed the connection to 2 computers. Now, when...