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At 07:06 PM 8/31/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>A couple of things come to mind, the first being that the NIC be removed
>to see if it is the cause.  NICs do cause problems in some systems (what
>OS). If that makes it work, try installing the NIC in a different slot or
>moving the LPT card.  I seriously doubt that it's the hard drive. Have you
>tried printing from several different progams to make sure it isn't just
>one program that maybe got screwed up the NIC and any attending software
>for the DSL set up?  Try completely uninstalling the DSL software to see
>if it works without that, then remove the NIC both in Device manager and
>physically.  If it's the NIC, then try installing it in a different slot.
>If none of the above works, get Belkin's F5U002 parallel/USB printer cable
>and convert your HP to a USB printer.
> >
> >



> >A colleague of mine has an HP printer (set as default) connected
> via  passthru to a scanner.  Since installing a NIC (he recently got
> verizon >dsl service; PPPoE), he lost the ability to print or
> scan.  ...  He tried a re-install of the printer and attendant
> software.  At end of installation, >when prompted to print a test page,
> his system went black/dead.  Upon reboot, HD is not detected.  He states
> that HD give no indications of >imminent failure (no >weird sounds,
> activity, etc).....


Appreciate the response.  Regarding that system, I'd advised him to remove
newly installed NIC; check and swap around or replace IDE cables, check
bios settings, etc.  It appears that primary IDE channel died -he tried a
known working drive with same results; secondary is fine though.  Never
seen that before.  As for what MB he's using, he couldn't tell me; systems
is a beige-box bought for pocket money about a year ago; bought as a refurb
he says.  I advised replacing MB.



Ian Carmichael


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