[Thinkpad] Disappearing NIC

[Bruce Markowitz]

Turn off power management on the NIC
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jon Etkins" <jon at snikte.net>
To: <thinkpad at stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:33 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] Disappearing NIC


> I have a T60 running WinXP.  I'm experiencing a weird problem with the
> onboard GB NIC, which is causing me to lose what's left oof my hair.
>
> The NIC works perfectly when the AC adapter is connected, but as soon as
> I unplug the external power the NIC disappears - it simply vanishes from
> Hardware Manager and Network Connections, and Access Connections
> complains it can't find the hardware.
>
> Under normal circumstance, I guess most folks would only ever want to
> use a wireless connection while running off the battery, but in my line
> of work I often need to carry this thing around and connect to both
> wired and wireless ports while running off the battery.
>
> I've turned off any and every option in the adapter properties that
> sounded even remotely related to power management, and have checked that
> I only have the one default Hardware Profile, yet this behaviour persists.
>
> Any and all ideas welcomed.
>
> Cheers,
>    Jon.
>
>
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