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    T410i: Frequently disconnection of ethernet

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by qbektrix, Jul 5, 2011.

  1. qbektrix

    qbektrix Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have Thinkpad T410i+Win7Pro and I did a clean installation (installed win 7pro, the ethernet driver and then thinkvantage that installed all the other drivers).

    Now the issue is that the ethernet is frequently disconnecting and reconnecting automatically. I did download the new driver from Thinkpad site and when i try to install it, I am told that the same version of driver is already installed. When i try to uninstall that driver via the device manager, even though i select the option to "delete software for this device". It automatically installs the driver as soon as I uninstall the driver.

    What can I do? Is there any log for ethernet that will tell me why am I getting disconnected? There is no issue with the wifi.
     
    qbektrix, Jul 5, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Can you run off a Linux boot CD and see if the ethernet still does it? If it does in a Linux boot environment, perhaps you have a defective port requiring a motherboard replacement.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jul 5, 2011
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    qbektrix Notebook Enthusiast

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    I tried the new version of Ubuntu. The ethernet is working fine. So guess its not a hardware issue.
     
    qbektrix, Jul 11, 2011
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    I would suggest disabling Access Connections and see what happens. Lenovo also a diagnostic tool, System ToolBox, which may be able to find the problem.
     
    ZaZ, Jul 11, 2011
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  5. Tsunade_Hime

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    Ya I would do what ZaZ said, or try uninstalling ThinkVantage, and reinstalling it, see if that fixes the issue.
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Jul 11, 2011
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