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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
Yup. When it's on the LAN speed is pretty normal.
That orange bastard!
Yes its Windows 10, but it's pretty "off". It has to be turned on to do a windows update. I VNC to the machine so I don't have a kbd and monitor connected to it at the moment but what I will do this weekend is dig into the bios and see if there is more than 1 level of "off".
Thanks for the info. I tried swapping the switch for a brand new one but get the exact same problem. The NIC is on the motherboard so it can't be swapped, but since its an Alienware it should be top notch. I'm going to explore the bios this weekend and see. To me, this has to be a soft error somewhere and since this occurs when the machine is "off", but not with the AC unplugged, I'm now guessing its a bios setting.
Hmmm.. currently, there are 3 machines plugged into the same AC plug. The AC connectors are oriented the same way. The LED plug sounds like a good idea. Will check it too. thanks!
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If all 3 are in the same outlet & the switch, while it may be wrong in it's entirety, probably not the issue. The problem I was noting was for just for one and while it would still work, creates issues because frame ground might be energized. By itself not a extreme issue (outside of possible shock-hazard) until connected to other devices via wire. So you can probably put that to rest.
But one should ensure that a Ground/Frame Ground is present on computers. Especially when connecting external peripherals. All devices must have the same 'ground potential'. NEC is designed to protect people not equipment.
Without going into detail...
Most sound, nic and other built-in peripherals are what is called 'soft devices', meaning they are emulated in software as a dsp device much as they would be if they were a USB device. Kinda a pseudo-sound dsp device. It's all DSP and eats into overall cpu tasks.
If it is the NIC itself (likely), the only option is to turn it off in the bios and don't use it.
Use a expansion slot for a new nic, usb nic - or - wi-fi
No modern computer actually turns 'completely' OFF unless unplugged depending on some settings and all machines are not created equal in this manor. Many of them build-in functions for specific gaming platforms or enterprise not used by all. Some of which may never actually be deployed in the market.
But most likely the nic. And my years of experience shows that more of this is common from light jolts that spike through from lightning that struck nearby, and while it did not destroy a lot of equipment if any, it does not take much to take out 'just one transistor' of multi-millions in a average box and goes completely unnoticed/unanswered. Blame it on a cheap device and move on as we seem to do when no clear answers seem to be there.
Good Luck and say something when you find out exactly what it is. Always curious.