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I have an HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF computer that I received second-hand from a business that was swapping out all of the computers in their facility, and I have no idea how this particular unit was used in their facility, but the network port has been non-functional from the time I got it. I am trying to troubleshoot whether this could be related to something like Driver or BIOS settings, or if I simply have a faulty network adapter. 

 

I have at times run Windows as well as several variants of Linux and BSD on this machine. All of them detect the network interface normally, but never detect when an actual cable is connected. Even at the BIOS level, the Network BIOS update feature does not detect a network connection, so I'm pretty confident that this is a BIOS or Hardware-level issue. 

 

I have checked the network port for any physical obstructions. I have also dug through the BIOS menu for any settings that might disable the network port, but haven't found anything. Could there possibly be something like a BIOS setting that I am missing, or maybe a pin-jumper on the motherboard for disabling networking on high-security devices, or do I just need to accept that I have a faulty network interface?

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