XP network adapter hangs - Ideas appreciated.

[AndersJ]

After many years of problem free operation the network adapter speed
drops to 10 Mb/s, but stops communicating.

After reboot I’m up and running again, for a few hours.
But, then all icons have moved to the left side of the screen.

There seems to be a connection between loss of communication and icon displacement.

The electrolytic caps on the adapter were dry and have been replaced.
Motherboard caps are fine, replaced about a year ago.
MB voltages and temperature are OK.

Any suggestions?

Anders J

[edpalmer42]

AFAIK, the icon movement indicates that Windows is crashing.  On reboot, it rebuilds the desktop.  But whether the crash is  hardware or software related isn't clear.  Can you monitor the supply voltages during operation and watch for a voltage sag or dropout when it crashes?  Can you replace the power supply?

I don't remember, does XP have an event viewer?  Any clues there?

More hardware info is required to give any more help.  Make, model, configuration, etc.

Ed

[Tony_G]

Yes XP has an event viewer and as Ed said sounds like a system issue which may or may not be related to the network card. See if there are any driver events in the log.

TonyG