Re: OT: Strange interaction between NIC, SSD and motherboard

On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 1:50 PM David Christensen
<dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/30/22 08:57, Aryeh Friedman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 8:16 AM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 14:04:13 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >>> For rare use a very cheap crimp pliers does the job and having a few
> >>> network and telephone connectors in stock is helpful in case of
> >>> emergency, e.g. when a cable is broken, while all shops are closed.
> >>
> >> PS: OTOH if laying the cable isn't a lot of work, it's nicer to have a
> >> few spare cables on hand. Repairing might be still better for the
> >> environment ;).
> >
> > Besides I have butter fingers (Just coordinated enough to install a
> > card in a empty slot) and am color blind (forget the remaking the
> > cable for that reason)
>
>
> On 7/30/22 00:00, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
>  > ... how about hot glue?
>
>
> If you hold a Category 5e or Category 6 cable in the motherboard RJ-45
> port, does Ethernet work?  If so, a piece of tape or a drop of glue at
> the cable/ motherboard connectors and/or tying the cable in place with
> velcro strips, string, tape, etc., would eliminate the NIC problems.

Tried tape and it is too close to the only USB connector on the back
to be workable and I need to remove the connector on rare occasions to
test what my code does with no network connection (just ifconfig XXX
down is not always enough).   As for glue I am worried due to my
butter fingers that somehow I will glew my fingers together or somehow
to the MOBO or case.

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Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org