On Tuesday 25 May 2004 20:49, Rick Stevens wrote: >Craig Tinson wrote: >> thanks for the suggestions guys.. have managed to fix the problem >> by replacing the NIC with a spare... >> >> I still don't know *why* is suddenly starting running slowly (or >> thinking it was only 10mb) but I remembered that before I'd moved >> the machine to the other room I'd also done an dist-upgrade.. and >> there was a new kernel.. i tried booting back to the old kernel >> but that didn't fix things.. so not sure whether even that was a >> problem.. > >One other thing...it's entirely possible that when you moved the >machine, you "tweaked" (twisted) the case and caused the network > card to not line up with its mobo connector very well. Reseating > the original card would probably have fixed it. > >This is a good thing to note: Whenever you move a > machine--particularly a large desktop box--it's a good idea to pop > the top and reseat all of the PCI and AGP cards, and not a bad idea > to reseat the RAM sticks as well. Just make sure you keep > physically in contact with the chassis while you do this to keep > static issues to a minimum or use a grounding strap. Better safe > than sorry. > >This solves a LOT of issues. I run a pretty large colo facility and > I can't tell you how many boxes I "magically" fixed by doing this. > >RATS! Now everyone knows! I gotta stop letting things like this > out or I won't be considered a genius anymore! Rick, this sounds a bit like the engineer who came in, surveyed the problem boiler, picked up a hammer and hit the boiler just once and left. The boiler of course fired right up. The next day a bill comes in for $550. On calling the engineer up for an explanation for what looked to be a very simple operation, he said the service call was $50, but knowing where to hit it was $500. :-) -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.23% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
