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I have a Del Dimension 4700 running on Win XP (service Pack 3 v.2002). It has a 4 (quad?)CPU running at 3.4 GHz with 2 GB RAM. (64 bit) Win is running off a 500 GB conventional Drive. It has two network adapters: 1394 Net Adapter (dial up?); Intel Pro/100 VE Network connection (Cat 5). It works well on the Internet.
My new-to-me desktop has an AMD Phenom (tm) motherboard with a II x 4 925 processor which clocks at 2.80GHz and has 8 GB RAM (64 bit). The win 10 software is loaded onto a 500 GB SSD. It has one network adapter built into the motherboard - Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller which, when attached to the same cat 5 connector as the fore mentioned desktop, does not recognize the cable. I used another cable in the same wall socket with the same results - no cable recognized.
I brought it to a a tech who reloaded Win 10 for me and updated the INet card software. He said the network adapter was working very well.
When I connected either Cat 5 cable (that also worked with the Pentium Desk Top) it failed to be recognized by the AMD desktop.
I suspect the end of the 1st Cat 5 cable is not compatible with the female socket of the AMD Desktop and the alternative Cat 5 cable doesn't work in the wall socket.
The Tech said the cat 5 arrangement should be the same for both computers and cables. My service provided says my High Speed Internet (Please don't laugh -- 25MHz) protocol is the same for all my computers and isn't the issue. He suggested I just purchase a medium quality WiFi Connector and be done with it.
Is there any way to determine where the quirk in my cable problems is? It's odd that it works for one but not the other even though both network cards have proved to worked reliably.
My new-to-me desktop has an AMD Phenom (tm) motherboard with a II x 4 925 processor which clocks at 2.80GHz and has 8 GB RAM (64 bit). The win 10 software is loaded onto a 500 GB SSD. It has one network adapter built into the motherboard - Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller which, when attached to the same cat 5 connector as the fore mentioned desktop, does not recognize the cable. I used another cable in the same wall socket with the same results - no cable recognized.
I brought it to a a tech who reloaded Win 10 for me and updated the INet card software. He said the network adapter was working very well.
When I connected either Cat 5 cable (that also worked with the Pentium Desk Top) it failed to be recognized by the AMD desktop.
I suspect the end of the 1st Cat 5 cable is not compatible with the female socket of the AMD Desktop and the alternative Cat 5 cable doesn't work in the wall socket.
The Tech said the cat 5 arrangement should be the same for both computers and cables. My service provided says my High Speed Internet (Please don't laugh -- 25MHz) protocol is the same for all my computers and isn't the issue. He suggested I just purchase a medium quality WiFi Connector and be done with it.
Is there any way to determine where the quirk in my cable problems is? It's odd that it works for one but not the other even though both network cards have proved to worked reliably.