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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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When I open the CD drive or the DVD drive on my computer, or when I remove a USB device, I temporarily lose my network connection. My network adapter is also USB.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Connectivity stops or the device actually says that the network connection has been disconnected and then reconnected?
Drive connections on slower XP machines can pause the machine, but they shouldn't disconnect you completely. The USB bus has the potential to do that, but it is odd that it would. Why are you using USB though? Wireless?
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Yeah, wireless.
Connectivity stops. The little Wireless Network Connection icon on the bottom of the screen gets an X on it, and my connection actually dies. Then it starts searching for a connection again, and usually reconnects within a minute.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Syd,
I would bet a few bucks on the reason being that USB has the lowest IRQ assignment priority.
Ethernet has one of the highest, so a USB connection shouldn't be able to pull command over it. However, USB can always outrank USB, and IDE outranks USB.
Yeah... that is my bet.
Here is the easiest fix. Get Windows 7. It doesn't have these types of problems. Alternatively, update your chipset and wireless drivers and hope for the best.
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
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Or get a real network adapter and escape the bottlenecks on USB if at all possible.
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Natsu
Joined: Sep 17 2010
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My computer used to boot up if a usb was plugged in or taken out... and it had to do with the bios settings. I once had to flash my bios to fix a problem. Updating all your stuff would be a good first step.
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| Or get a real network adapter and escape the bottlenecks on USB if at all possible. |
My bottom computer uses a PCI wireless card, my top computer uses a USB for wireless, and it has a exstention cord, and i must say the USB has done really well.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Or get a real network adapter and escape the bottlenecks on USB if at all possible. |
If he invests even $.01 into that piece of shit thing he calls a computer I will just cry.
Syd, save your cash and get a new computer. Just deal with the USB issues for now.
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
Joined: Jan 25 2008
Location: Warsaw, Poland
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Well, he can then transplant the network adapter into the new computer, can't he?
I second it, Syd. USB network cards are pretty terrible. Man up and open your computer to install a new card.
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GPFontaine
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Well, he can then transplant the network adapter into the new computer, can't he?
I second it, Syd. USB network cards are pretty terrible. Man up and open your computer to install a new card. |
I haven't seen a decent motherboard that doesn't have onboard 10/100/1000 networking on it in years.
Also, Syd is rocking a machine that would require a PCI network card. Most new motherboards don't even have PCI slots.
If the current solution works, even if it is weirdly as stated, just keep it until you can put some cash to a real use.
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