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Dai · 15-06-2011, 10:02

I'm thinking the NIC chipset is dead. If it's not showing in Device Manager then that's a real possibility.

Does the laptop have a PCMCIA slot? If it does you could try an NIC card in there as an alternative.

15-06-2011, 10:02	#14
Dai Inactive Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lincoln UK Age: 77 Services: 50Mb, TV & Phone Posts: 3,673	Re: no "Local area connection" LAN icon...disapeared. Please help? I'm thinking the NIC chipset is dead. If it's not showing in Device Manager then that's a real possibility. Does the laptop have a PCMCIA slot? If it does you could try an NIC card in there as an alternative.