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and music pumping causes vibration which can lead to the same effect.<br />
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Chris B
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and music pumping causes vibration which can lead to the same effect.

Chris B

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Thank you, that certainly seems plausible.
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Thank you, that certainly seems plausible.

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I was working on the computer when all of a sudden a &quot;a network cable is unplugged&quot;-message popped up. I was listening to music with Winamp at the time and I noticed the sound also became garbled for a second right then. <br />
I checked the network connections and the NIC just said &quot;disabled&quot;. After a reboot the NIC wasn't even in the list anymore! <br />
I reseated the card and magically enough it started working again..<br />
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What could have coused this? Power surge?
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I was working on the computer when all of a sudden a "a network cable is unplugged"-message popped up. I was listening to music with Winamp at the time and I noticed the sound also became garbled for a second right then. 
I checked the network connections and the NIC just said "disabled". After a reboot the NIC wasn't even in the list anymore! 
I reseated the card and magically enough it started working again..

What could have coused this? Power surge?

NIC stopped working out of the blue and required reseating before working again. Cause?

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