you can just simply install a PCI NIC, and don't have
to actually replace that one.

--- "Jeffrey W. Frazier" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I suspect the network interface card (NIC) on my
> Dell Optiplex
> GX150 is defective. The NIC is a 3COM 3C920
> Integrated Fast
> Ethernet Controller (3C9050C-TX compatible) and when
> I looked in
> the case, it appears to be built in to the
> motherboard. I suspect
> the NIC’s defective because, despite the fact that I
> can connect
> to the Internet through my Alcatel Speed Touch Home
> DSL modem
> using the NIC, I’ve been unable to set up a simple
> two-PC
> network.
>
> Specifically, I’ve been trying to set up the network
> using my
> Belkin 4-Port Cable/DSL Gateway Router Model
> F5D5231-4.
> Previously I tried to set it up with a Belkin Model
> F5D5230-4.
> Nevertheless, since I’ve been able to establish an
> Internet
> connection with a different computer using both of
> these routers,
> I know that both of them work properly so I’ve ruled
> them out as
> sources of the problem.
>
> Questions:
>
> If anyone is familiar with Dell’s architecture, can
> I replace the
> NIC without replacing the entire motherboard?
>
> If not, is it possible to at least temporarily
> substitute a
> working NIC through some sort of work-around?
>
>
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> Jeffrey W. Frazier
> The Frazier Law Firm, LLC
> 171 Opal Drive
> Roswell, GA  30075
> 770-993-0605 / Fax 770-642-4818
> Admitted in Georgia and Tennessee
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