troubleshooting

Sometimes it's the simple things...

Quite often you run into new problems that don't have an immediate and clear solution. Generally these errors appear as cryptic lines in dmesg, who's subsequent googling reveals little to no detail of the true issue. This time, it was some lines concerning my hard drives (which always raise concern). It can be frustrating solving problems that seemingly no one else has encountered, but it's part of every IT person's job. Perhaps I should make this a weekly column...

Bizarre nVidia nForce Ethernet Woes

In this post, I explain how I solved the mysterious "Cable is unplugged"-even-though-it's-not,-REALLY problem. The solution is simple and the problem is so very, very annoying. Read on to find out how I troubleshot and solved my nForce5 onboard Ethernet breakage (M2N-Sli Deluxe motherboard).

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