Acquiring Network Address consistantly?

[magaman598]

Hello, a friend of mine is having me work on his computer, and for the life of my, I can't figure out why it's stuck on this, I've reinstalled Drivers, I've added in a new Ethernet Card, Reset my Modem and what not, I'm not understanding what's causing this. Any Ideas anyone?

Windows XP Pro SP3 is the OS.

 

[tipstir]

Bad network card. Try a different slot PCI / PCI-E or USB port. Still does it? BNC = bad network card! Get a replacement.

 

[magaman598]

The Ethernet card that I used as said replacement is known working. (It was a fresh pull from my backup system) Still stuck on this problem tho, lol.

Thanks in advance to anyone who trys to give insight on the delemma.

 

[tipstir]

Then backup the the files you need, then blow out the OS with XP SP3. Install a fresh copy of XP SP3 and see if that fixes the issue.

 

[LookinAround]

If you have an SP3 disk, you might try a repair install first. If you don't have SP3 disk you can try slipstreaming your disk to build one if you want. If repair doesn't work then reformat/reinstall
Also see [post=818014]these steps to prepare before a full reinstall[/post]

 

[magaman598]

Already backed up all the files and reinstalled th OS, it fixed the problem and left me with a headache and with the want to find out what causes said problem, lol.

 

[LookinAround]

Already backed up all the files and reinstalled th OS, it fixed the problem and left me with a headache and with the want to find out what causes said problem, lol.

Who needs a hobby when you have a PC?

 

[magaman598]

Yea, totally. lol