[Ti] Dead Ethernet

[Kynan Shook]

You might try a quick do-it-yourself Ethernet repair; some people that 
use the Ethernet port a lot actually bend the pins on the port down so 
far that they no longer touch the cable.  You can try using a small 
piece of bent metal or something like that to bend the metal contacts 
back up.  However, often you may break some of the contacts in the 
process of doing this; but the worst case is that your Ethernet STILL 
doesn't work, right?  Just make sure to get the piece of metal out of 
the computer.
Also of note; not all Ethernet speeds use all the pins.  Specifically, 
10/100 only uses 4 (1000 uses all 8).  So if you break a contact, maybe 
you'll get lucky and it'll be one of the ones only used in Gigabit.


"Patrick Murphy" <PDM2318 at dcccd.edu> writes:
> I woke the other morning to find my DSL modem dead to the world.  I 
> bough=
> t a new modem (2wire) but could not get it to connect with my TI book 
> (g4=
>  550).  I brought the TI book  to work and tried to connect over the 
> T3 l=
> ine there (something I do on a daily basis)--still no connection. =20
>
> Since my warranty is out,  repairing the ethernet looks like it's 
> going t=
> o be pretty expensive.  What are my best options for  connecting to my 
> DS=
> L service without using ethernet?  Pc cards?  Wireless, etc.???


Kynan Shook
kshook at mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/kshook/index.html