Limited or No Connectivity in XP, unknown network in vista

[d94]

so we had a transformer blow at work the other day that fried two old computer so i rebuilt them completely only re-using the cases.
specs are: amd x2 7850, gigabyte board, 2gb ddr2, 500gb HD, 430w thermaltake
i got one machine all set up and working dandy on the network. the second one however iv installed vista on once and xp a few times and cant get the thing on the darn network! i figured maybe the network jack was bad behind this pc so i bought a switch and hooked it behind a different pc, ran the network cable to it and the same dang problem came up! its driving me crazy and i cant figure it out lol.

currently the machine has xp sp3 on it

[thideras]

The ethernet on the computer might be toasted, do you have a PCI network card you can toss in to see if it works?

[d94]

The ethernet on the computer might be toasted, do you have a PCI network card you can toss in to see if it works?

thats what im thinking.gunna go grab one

[d94]

Ug, just went to staples and bought a card for $30, working fine...better late than never i guess lol thanks!

stupid defective mobo

[CGR]

After the nvidia nic on both my DFI ultra boards died I went on ebay and bought 10 3com 10/100 cards just in case :)

Surprisingly, I have used half of them already in other machines. Onboard nics seem to not last very long..