Urgent Help needed

[Punkie]

AMD Athlon Thunderbird Type C 1.2G AXIA - NOT OVERCLOCKED B4
IWILL KA-266R Mobo
256MB Twinmos PC2100 CL 2.5 DDR-Ram
Taisol 1.5G HSF
Hercules Prophet2 GTS 32MB
IBM 13GB ATA 66 7200Rpm HDD
Sony 50X CD-Rom
SB-Live Value
Klipsch Promedia 2.1 Thx Speakers
Enlight Casing + 300W PSU

Hi there

I need some desperate help with my new computer. Even my computer shop techs are at a lost! I got the system 3 days ago, fixed it up and it was working fine intially. I was surfing yesterday and i suddenly lost connection. Thinking it was my cable provider....called them up and they couldnt solve my problem over the phone so they sent a technician.
He checked and verified that nothing was wrong on their part. Tried swapping network cards, swapping cable modems, cables, using another system to use with my cable point etc...etc. I took it down to the shop where i bought the stuff and they changed every single component but to no avail.
3 days now and nothing is solved. Even tried changing different mobos from different manufacurers. Nothing seems to do the trick. Now when i start my computer, the usual windows login screen is missing. It boots up straight into windows. And i cant surf of go on the net. And the local tech support also cant seem to find the fault. Can someone please help. Thanks

Regards

[kat]

which windows are you using? when i muff somthing up in windows me and cant do a scanreg /fix or restore i overwrite it and delete the old os info this usally fix`s me up also for the simple problems i run norton off the cd ;D

take a look at msconfig startup and see whats checked in there

[TT120]

When the tech was there, did he measure the signal strength on the cable at your modem? I had the same problem when I got my cable modem and it turned out that the signal strength was too low. I ran a direct line from a splitter right where it comes off the pole and now it works great.

[Punkie]

Hi there again. Firstly, thanks alot for your tip. I followed exactly as you said and more. And now its kinda working. I called the cable guys up and told them the situation. They asked me if i tried using another computer(i got 3 computers and 3 seperate cable points at home)for my current cable point to see if that worked. The thing is i did and i could run with the Pentium3 computer. Thats really weird isnt it? I told him that the only reason i could think of is that probably....i repeat....probably this new(ddr etc) requires more signal strength than others(sorry for being so crappy but i am at a total lost). They said since swapping computers work then it isnt their fault. That their signal is sufficient. Oh man....I just spent a fortune for my current setup and i cant get it to work. Not even the local tech support. Wat am i to do??? Thanks for listening to me complain. :(

[Da Whip]

That would'nt be Comcast@home ?? They are totally useless, everything is always someone elses fault but theirs. LOL.

[silent bob]

Are you running any boosters before or after the splitter that may help .. just a thought

[Punkie]

Hi there again guys. Thanks for all your kind tips and advices. I got the damned thing sorted out....FINALLY. Root of the problem is totally ANCIENT man. Made me feel like a total reject. Man the problem was due to deterioration of my 10Meter Cable connecting from my cable point to my NIC. Damn i am dumb...lol. Nevertheless.....thanks again for all your help. Hehe..sorry for not checking thoroughly enough b4 posting and bitching.

Regards