[X Newbies] suddenly dead ethernet card

[Miles]

>>
>> Can anyone offer some advice or has the ethernet card gone belly up in
>> this iMac.  It really cant be software related anymore as the new OS
>> should have eliminated that problem.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vince
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>
> I had this happen after a nearby lightning strike; It turned out, it 
> was a destroyed ethernet chip, which required a motherboard 
> replacement. Hope yours is not so serious.
> Chris

Just out of curiosity, is it definitely the computer? I mean, is it 
possible that the connection point is the problem? Just a thought.
Miles