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    Odd networking issues

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by crazycanuk, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. crazycanuk

    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    One of my clients had 3 aspire 5735 units with XP Pro installed but once or twice a day the laptops will just randomly disable the onboard Marvell Yukon NIC. any ideas anyone?
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 24, 2009
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    does it happen simultaneously?
     
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    crazycanuk Notebook Virtuoso

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    no all 3 units just do it randomly and are on 2 separate physical netoworks and locations
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 24, 2009
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    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    the odds of it being the card are slimmer, so the greatest liklihood is the driver for the adapters
     
    gerryf19, Apr 24, 2009
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    hoggie old boy

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    switch off power save mode on each laptop.
    when the laptop is not being used, the os will shut down all unsed bit to save power and lower your carbon footprint :D

    need any help with this just post back here.

    Phil :D
     
    hoggie, Apr 24, 2009
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    power mode was shut down but we did find the problem, a third party driver for netowrk optimizations, removed it and all was well
     
    crazycanuk, Apr 24, 2009
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    hoggie old boy

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    thanks for letting us know
    +REP
     
    hoggie, Apr 24, 2009
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