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    Hang when unplugging ethernet cable

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bonfire, Mar 27, 2007.

  1. bonfire

    bonfire Newbie

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    I have an inspiron 6400 and connect to my broadband provider through pppoe. If i unplug the cable from my laptop without first disconnecting the connection from the system tray, the laptop hangs. No blue screen, everything just stops responding, mouse/touchpad/keyboard don't not work. I need to shut it off forcefully with the power button. Anyone experienced this before? What's causing it?
     
    bonfire, Mar 27, 2007
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  2. remzi

    remzi Notebook Guru

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    I have the same problem with my new Compal EL81. Probably the Gigabit Ethernet causes it.

    BTW, no need to power off the system. System comes back to normal after a while...
     
    remzi, Sep 30, 2007
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  3. TuxDude

    TuxDude Notebook Deity

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    Try updating the drivers... I believe you might be using Vista and the driver might have had some incompatibilty with Vista....
     
    TuxDude, Sep 30, 2007
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  4. remzi

    remzi Notebook Guru

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    I've just found out that, reducing the connection speed (of the ethernet card) from 1000 mbps to 10 mbps fixes everything.
     
    remzi, Oct 3, 2007
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