On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, David Rysdam wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 05:50:43PM -0400, Peter Howell wrote:
> > I've had two ethernet cards fry on me some time around an attempted
> > ftp install of Debian Linux. Was it just a coincidence, or is there some way of
> > hoing hardware damage? I'm a little skeptical, but I'm also freaked out by the
> > fact that it happenned twice. Both cases involved a 486 with an SMC Ultra
> > ethernet card. The board itself is turned black under what appears to be a
> > pair of surface mount transistors.
> > Is this passible, or am I nuts? I'm hoping I'm nuts because I'm
> > thinking of trying the installation on one of MY systems. :-)
> > Thanks
> > Peter Howell
>
> It is very very unlikely that this is a software issue. However, I wouldn't
> be surprised to find out that THAT MACHINE is toasting network cards.
>
It's actually two separate machines ,but it could still be a similar
issue. I don't know they're provenence, but they sure seem like they were
purchased from the same source at the same time. Perhaps they both have the
same design flaw that suddenly cropped under similar circumstances.
Peter
