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Broken network card

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  • 10-02-2006 3:00pm
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    Kevo
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭


    My sisters network card recently broke and its not covered on warranty. Dell say it will cost 500 euro to fix it. There no way shes gonna pay that , so she wants to get an external one instead.

    She needs it for a braodband connection from a port in her room. Will this work?

    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=309566&cks=PRL


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    #2
    irlrobins
    Registered Users Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭irlrobins


    500? is it build onto motherboard. It prob si if it's a Dell.

    But yea that network card should work no prob as long as you have a spare usb 2.0 port on PC.


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    I don't know how upgradeable Dell machines are, but if the warranty is gone, there's no harm in just jamming a NIC in there if you can.

    Even the big retailers will sell NICs for next to nothing, so you don't have to wait for delivery. You'd probably get one for between €8 and €10.

    Dell are chancers. They charge prices like that because they know so many people know no better. You could buy a decent home PC for that kind of money.


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