I have just lost connectivity to my home network and the message "Network cable is unplugged" is permanently displayed. Checked all the obvious things- swapping cables/router ports etc. Realtek 8139 NIC card is showing as working OK. This happened following a local storm with lightning strikes so could be related but other computers and DSL modem/router are all OK. Decided to change the card but it is not in a standrd PCI slot. It is located on PCI 0 bus slot and appears to have 2 USB ports as part of the unit but can't be sure. Anyone have any ideas where I can order a new card and how to change it? Thanks.
Kee-lo, Thanks for the feedback. I put a new card in the one remaining PCI slot and disabled the Realtek and I'm back in action. I can only assume lightning damaged the NIC but spared the motherboard. Cheers.
