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January 7th, 2010 02:00
Network issues with Optiplex 960 Windows 7 x64
Just got 4 systems and they are all doing the same thing. From time to time they are connecting to the network at 10MB and intermittently the WS is losing connections. I see an error in the event log. I updated to the latest drivers and it is a bit better (not losing connection as often) but still connecting intermittently at 10MB. The driver date is 12/16/2009.
Any ideas?
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dneuwir
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February 21st, 2010 16:00
Seeing the same issues here. We have a brand new network setup, 8 Dell OptiPlex 960's and a Latitude E6500, connecting to two separate PowerConnect 2816 switches (running the default non-managed mode).
ALL the OptiPlex's come up initially at 1.0Gbps, but at some point later on, drop the connection and drop back to 10Mbps. Occasionally, they'll just come up 10Mbps even after a reboot. My Latitude E6500 ALWAYS auto-negotiates at 100Mbps to ANY Dell PowerConnect 27xx or 28xx series switch, regardless of location (I have one at our office, plus numerous clients have the same switches, and it consistently NEVER negotiates at the proper speed).
ALL systems work consistently at the properr 1.0Gbps if "forced" to link at that speed.
This stinks. Sitting here wondering why my imaging backups take 8 hours across the network, and I find it's because all these systems have drivers that can't properly tell what they're connecting to. ALL Dell. ALL problematic. Every single system. 9 boxes, two switches.
Systems are brand new Opti 960s, Windows 7 Pro x64.
Dell (or Intel) has a MAJOR connectivity issue with these NIC's. It's not a defect in one system, this is consistent across ALL systems I've tried and all switches I've tried.
csacksteder
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February 4th, 2011 07:00
We've had a case open with Dell for many months. Our issue is the NIC in the 960's will, on resume from standby, connect, then disconnect, then connect again. This is resolved if AMT is turned off in the BIOS (requiring a personal visit to every system). The 980's had the same problem until BIOS A02 was put on.
Dell has rejected the issue as as hardware problem.