a8n-sli nForce LAN grarghhhhh

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*sigh* So after over an hour of various fiddling around, I finally got the
LAN to work again.

I installed this new board and everything yesterday, installed the LAN/
Ethernet chipset driver(s) off the supplied ASUS cd, and my internet
connection was working fine.

Then this morning, it carked it. I left for work, came back tonight and it
worked for about 20 minutes and then suddenly died again. That was when I
spent an hour trying to get it work.

Tried to uninstall the drivers, disable, reinstall, everything - the PC kept
hanging when I tried to do these things. And in Safe mode it wouldn't let me
remove the drivers, giving me some rubbish about 'might be needed to boot'.
I don't know what happened in the end, but finally I was able to disable and
then uninstall the drivers. Then I reinstalled them through 'find new
hardware' (ie., not directly off the cd like last time). The drivers
installed fine this time, without freezing the PC. But still no connection.
But a new LAN connection was detected in Windows Network Connections - just
no traffic. Restarted the comp a few times, and now it's working again
(obviously).

Does anyone have any clue what's going on?!?!?!

I tried googling for solutions but couldn't seem to find much. Is there an
update/ patch I should be running out for? Would you suggest buying a decent
PCI-NIC instead of this onboard jobby?

I've also noticed my internet speed seems much slower than with my old MB/
setup.

And yes, all cables are plugged in and Router is operating fine. I'm not a
complete n00b. Just a little bit of one...

Many thanks in advance.

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"Robert Hancock" <hancockr@nospamshaw.ca> wrote in message
news:I4wJe.135232$5V4.3424@pd7tw3no...
> Dragoncarer wrote:
>> *sigh* So after over an hour of various fiddling around, I finally got
>> the
>> LAN to work again.
>>
>> I installed this new board and everything yesterday, installed the LAN/
>> Ethernet chipset driver(s) off the supplied ASUS cd, and my internet
>> connection was working fine.
>>
>> Then this morning, it carked it. I left for work, came back tonight and
>> it
>> worked for about 20 minutes and then suddenly died again. That was when I
>> spent an hour trying to get it work.
>>
>> Tried to uninstall the drivers, disable, reinstall, everything - the PC
>> kept
>> hanging when I tried to do these things. And in Safe mode it wouldn't let
>> me
>> remove the drivers, giving me some rubbish about 'might be needed to
>> boot'.
>> I don't know what happened in the end, but finally I was able to disable
>> and
>> then uninstall the drivers. Then I reinstalled them through 'find new
>> hardware' (ie., not directly off the cd like last time). The drivers
>> installed fine this time, without freezing the PC. But still no
>> connection.
>> But a new LAN connection was detected in Windows Network Connections -
>> just
>> no traffic. Restarted the comp a few times, and now it's working again
>> (obviously).
>
> Are you installing the NVIDIA Network Access Manager/firewall stuff? If
> so, try uninstalling it and letting it run without it. Some people have
> had problems with it.
>

Actually, that was originally one of my concerns...I think it was working,
and then later on I installed those progs because...I dunno...and after then
problems! So if other people have had issues with those progs, they look to
be the cause. Problem is...I can't figure out how to uninstall it. Thanks...

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> *sigh* So after over an hour of various fiddling around, I finally got the
> LAN to work again.
>
> I installed this new board and everything yesterday, installed the LAN/
> Ethernet chipset driver(s) off the supplied ASUS cd, and my internet
> connection was working fine.
>
> Then this morning, it carked it. I left for work, came back tonight and it
> worked for about 20 minutes and then suddenly died again. That was when I
> spent an hour trying to get it work.
>
> Tried to uninstall the drivers, disable, reinstall, everything - the PC kept
> hanging when I tried to do these things. And in Safe mode it wouldn't let me
> remove the drivers, giving me some rubbish about 'might be needed to boot'.
> I don't know what happened in the end, but finally I was able to disable and
> then uninstall the drivers. Then I reinstalled them through 'find new
> hardware' (ie., not directly off the cd like last time). The drivers
> installed fine this time, without freezing the PC. But still no connection.
> But a new LAN connection was detected in Windows Network Connections - just
> no traffic. Restarted the comp a few times, and now it's working again
> (obviously).
>
> Does anyone have any clue what's going on?!?!?!

What kind of power socket does your PSU have, 20 or 24 pin?
If it's 20 pin, try installing a 20 pin to 24 pin adapter
cable between your PSU and the motherboard. I had similar
problems with my LAN and they were solved that way. According
to many sources A8N-SLi should work also with a 20 pin cable,
but at least in my case the 24 pin adapter made a difference.