X61 Ethernet connects, finds dhcp and disconnects (Linux)

Hello,
I've been having a problem with my X61 (which is in my opinion fantastic if i could just get this one thing to work!), I'm a college student who's running linux so i can both learn and become more proficient in computers. The wireless works, and has always worked for me with little issue. However, recently (and by recently i mean in the last 6 months) the Ethernet card has stopped working. When i plug my ethernet cable in while the computer is on AC power but not turned on the connection light is steady and the activity light flashes. When it's on the connection light only blinks. No activity whatsoever. Also, the computer recognizes the card, and tries to connect with it. However, when i run DHCPCD (i'm doing connections by hand right now) it connects, sees that there's a server and asks for a lease, then immediately disconnects and retries until it times out. I've heard of the X61 being vunerable to a eeProm rewriting bug involving a certain linux kernel and I can say i was running ubuntu at the time (which was affected by the bug but only under certain circumstances). so i don't know if the bug accidentally re-wrote my EEprom containing the firmware drivers and only re-wrote enough that it fails connection somtimes. If someone knows how to check the eeprom with a md5 or something i'd be happy do to it or if someone could provide me with the firmware from a copy taken from theirs i would be indebted. I'm running an 82566MM Gigabit card.
If you have any insight into this problem please let me know as i aquired it shortly after my warrenty expired and i've been desperately trying to figure out what's going on for a couple months.
Thanks in advance,
Kravlin

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:72:80:FC:9B     UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
   RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
   TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
   RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
   Memory:f8200000-f8220000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
   inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
   UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
   RX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
   TX packets:213 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
   collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
   RX bytes:362515 (354.0 Kb) TX bytes:362515 (354.0 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:E0:6B:B1:47
   inet addr:172.20.4.26 Bcast:172.20.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
   UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
   RX packets:109292 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
   TX packets:62392 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
   collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
   RX bytes:152932463 (145.8 Mb) TX bytes:5849155 (5.5 Mb)
that's my if config
Also, i'm running arch linux but i've been doing all the work by hand. I tried ubuntu and vista with the same error.
Message Edited by kravlin on 07-15-2009 10:35 PM

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