All my data was coming from reading the display on the switch, not from what Windows was reporting. This was both for link speeds and transmission details.

Setting the NIC to 10Mb seemed to work. I synced another 10GB or more over the night and it did not crap out. It finished successfully.

While running in this config, I do not have my full-duplex lights on. So I'm assuming it's in half duplex. Even when the computer was at 100Mb, the empeg has never shown a full-duplex connection on the switch. My computer previously did.

I suppose for me, this isn't a huge issue any more because all my music is now installed. :) But I do QA for a living right now, and I guess some of it carries over to my every day life. No, I don't enjoy being a nit picker. :)

Bruno