[G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?

[k s d]

hmmm I don't have TTP.. but I'm going to do a fresh install on another 
partition and see what
happens after that.
-kevin


>From: Al Poulin <alpoulin at cox.net>
>Reply-To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>To: "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>Subject: Re: [G4] Help! Dead built in ethernet on G4 450DP?
>Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 20:22:18 -0500
>
>"k s d" <ksd003 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all. I went home last night and wasn't able to connect to the 
>internet
> > with either my browser
> > or mail. I've had RR service for about 3 months with no problems until 
>last
> > night. I sat on the phone
>
>You did not say you played with the cables
>
>My recent experience, with QuickSilver G4 733 running OS 9.2.2.  Ethernet
>dead.  System Profiler said ok.  Control panels all ok.  Switch lights ok.
>Chooser not ok for connecting to other Macs.  Other Macs see each other and
>the internet via router and cable modem.  Other Macs cannot see QS.  Played
>with cables.
>
>My son, a Mac guru visiting at Christmas with his PB could ping the QS.  He
>gave up and said it's probably the switch, try other ports.
>
>Ran Apple's hardware diagnostic CD.  No problems noted.
>
>No joy on anything until AFTER I ran TechTools Pro hardware diagnostics.
>TTP reported all ok.  After that the QS came up on ethernet.  Repeated
>attempts to uncover a failure mode with different cables and with different
>ports on the switch failed -- could not replicate the problem.
>
>Go figure!  Did the simple act of running TechTools Pro straigten out some
>glitch somewhere???
>
>Everything has been fine since.
>
>--
>Al Poulin
>Anger, hate, and revenge are for the devil, forgiveness is for God,
>proactive self-defense is for the rest of us.
>
>
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