Re: Fried the onboard Broadcom 4401 network...

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 10:48:15AM +0100, Tomas Ogren wrote:
> On 26 January, 2004 - Pavel Machek sent me these 0,4K bytes:
> 
> > Hi!
> > 
> > > After that, I have not been able to get link (neither see it through
> > > Linux/WinXP or the physical LED). I have tried multiple cables and my
> > > laptop is perfectly happy with all of them, but the broadcom thingie
> > > seems not. The switch doesn't see link either.
> > 
> > Try to physically unplug machine from AC for a while.
> 
> Ah, thank you! Just turning the power switch off didn't help.. I suppose
> it's kept alive (for some values of alive ;) for WOL and such..

I think you meant undead in your case. ;)

> Now it's working again.

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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