Network Adapter problem

Elliotm510

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Mar 18, 2016
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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR
CPU: Intel I5 6100
Hello, recently I was running into a problem in which my computer would not restart correctly, I entered the bios settings, and the only thing that I changed was the pre-chosen settings,(Normal, Asus Optimal, and Power Saver) I changed it to Asus Optimal from Normal. I re booted, and it was fine. No network problems. After a couple of minutes, I decided to change it back to normal because of my cpu cooler. I re-booted, and when it turned on, the network adapter was disabled, and I couldn't enable it from Windows. I trouble shooted from Windows and it said to plug in an Ethernet cable. (Already plugged in and double checked.) after that I tried to re install the Intel lan driver from the support CD that came with the Motherboard. That didn't work. And I trouble shooted again and it said that the Intel LAN driver was having Driver or hardware issues. Please help! Really scared right now. Is it serious or an easy fix? PS- Restart problem fixed.

Thank you - Elliot