Argh, this is getting ridiculous.
So, the other night I pulled my video card from my PC to test a friend's system (they were getting innumerable visual artifacts on their desktop with the original HD 4850 in their Dell Studio XPS), & determined they need a new video card. After replacing my card back in my PC, I couldn't connect to the Internet; it said I didn't have an Ethernet adapter. My mobo is the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 1.0), which has an onboard Realtek 8111E Gigabit adapter, & I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I hadn't unplugged it or messed with the network settings, so it seemed really weird.
Running the troubleshooter gave me a result saying that it couldn't find the adapter, mentioned "Deep Sleep" mode & told me to plug the power cord back in -- which is completely screwy, since the only "power cord" used by the onboard adapter is the main power cord for the case itself. Rebooting didn't fix it, so I went into Device Manager & had it try searching for "new" hardware. That got it working again...until the next day (yesterday), when it disappeared again. This time, it wouldn't come back: Device Manager couldn't find it, rebooting didn't work, & even reinstalling drivers (both original & most recently downloaded) did squat.
I was able to pick up a PCI adapter from Micro Center for about $15. It works fine now... except that I'm now getting about 30-60 seconds on bootup *before* I get the usual BIOS post screen.
First, is this some sort of known issue, either with this particular adapter or just this particular mobo/manufacturer? Second, is this an isolated failure, or is it indicative of a possible failure of the entire mobo?
So, the other night I pulled my video card from my PC to test a friend's system (they were getting innumerable visual artifacts on their desktop with the original HD 4850 in their Dell Studio XPS), & determined they need a new video card. After replacing my card back in my PC, I couldn't connect to the Internet; it said I didn't have an Ethernet adapter. My mobo is the Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 (rev. 1.0), which has an onboard Realtek 8111E Gigabit adapter, & I'm running Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. I hadn't unplugged it or messed with the network settings, so it seemed really weird.
Running the troubleshooter gave me a result saying that it couldn't find the adapter, mentioned "Deep Sleep" mode & told me to plug the power cord back in -- which is completely screwy, since the only "power cord" used by the onboard adapter is the main power cord for the case itself. Rebooting didn't fix it, so I went into Device Manager & had it try searching for "new" hardware. That got it working again...until the next day (yesterday), when it disappeared again. This time, it wouldn't come back: Device Manager couldn't find it, rebooting didn't work, & even reinstalling drivers (both original & most recently downloaded) did squat.
I was able to pick up a PCI adapter from Micro Center for about $15. It works fine now... except that I'm now getting about 30-60 seconds on bootup *before* I get the usual BIOS post screen.
First, is this some sort of known issue, either with this particular adapter or just this particular mobo/manufacturer? Second, is this an isolated failure, or is it indicative of a possible failure of the entire mobo?