Since posting this, I have replaced the power supply and case as well,
changed the location (physically moved the machine) to another office,  used
a different network port, with no resolution  to this problem. The machine
simply drops the lan connection during the Office 2000 install (deployed via
the server). My associate and I are simply baffled. We have also tried
various alterations to the BIOS. 3 sleepless nights so far.

Any suggestions welcomed. The objective is to fix the unattended s/w
deployement on this machine and not to do a local install (which I am sure
will work) 2 other machines with similar configurations completed without a
flaw. The network is 100mb, some machines still use 10mb NICs while others
are at 100mb.

Regards,
Dharam

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dharam Bhardwaj" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:19 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Windows 2000 install problems


> When  doing a unattended install of Windows 2000, the computer loses/drops
> the network connection to the Win 2000 server after Win2000 Pro is
installed
> and the last re-boot commences.
>
> This problem has me baffled.
>
> The processor, Celeron 500, Motherboard (fic), Ram, network card (100mb),
> hard drive have all been swapped out one at a time.Another machine with
the
> same hardware has no problems. The only pieces not replaced include the
> power supply, case and ribbon cables.Different monitors have also been
> tried.
>

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