[mythtv-users] Zotac IONITX-B-E Network Issues

Ramon Redondo malinon at gmail.com
Sun Jan 10 13:59:28 UTC 2010


On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Greg Grotsky <spikeygg at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys, I just RMA'd the thing.  I'm hoping to have it back in a
> couple weeks.  Man, I got some bad eggs from newegg.
>
>    1. This motherboard with the broken ethernet port.
>    2. I bought a MW-100 case (a very small one, for uITX) it, apparently,
>    was someone else's return because it was missing a critical internal piece
>    (it was supposed to be brand new).
>    3. I bought a WD 2.5" 250GB laptop hard drive which had a chronic,
>    sporadic clicking noise.  The drive appeared to work but the noise was
>    really bothering me.  The click happened even when I didn't access the
>    drive!
>
> I ended up sending all three pieces back for replacement.  Hopefully, they
> get their act together.
> -Greg
>

I know you've already RMA'd it, but did you check your ethernet cable?  When
I first started using gigabit ethernet I found that some cards were less
forgiving than others when the cable was questionable.  If you get a new box
and it still has a problem, you'll probably want to look there.
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