I used to connect the ethernet cable directly to the motherboard, but then the back of the motherboard touched the case and when I plugged in the cable it shocked both the mobo and the modem.
The modem continued working and the short stopped at the LANGuard, so I had the mobo repaired and installed a network card. It worked fine for about a week, then the ethernet stopped working so I tried using a different network card and when I connected the cable the card got fried.
A bit after that the modem literally started smoking so I've replaced it, now I'm wondering if the modem is what fried the network card and I can just use the other one I have now.
The modem continued working and the short stopped at the LANGuard, so I had the mobo repaired and installed a network card. It worked fine for about a week, then the ethernet stopped working so I tried using a different network card and when I connected the cable the card got fried.
A bit after that the modem literally started smoking so I've replaced it, now I'm wondering if the modem is what fried the network card and I can just use the other one I have now.