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[SOLVED] Nvidia nForce 680i SLI MB Ethernet Port Not Detected

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marcushodgkins   11-11-2009 at 09:06:27 PM

Hello,

I just formatted/installed Windows 7 Home Premium 64. I have, as the topic suggests:

Nvidia nForce 680i SLI motherboard

I downloaded the drivers from Nvidia's web site for the Win_7_64 drivers for this motherboard, but it will not allow me to install the Ethernet drivers when installing the WHQL download.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any idea of how to get my PC back on the intarwebz?

Thanks in advance,

Edit: After looking through the .exe with all of the motherboard drivers, I've found that they do include an Ethernet driver, but during the installation, I only have the option of installing the 'Nvidia Storage Driver', none of the other components are even available to be installed.


Message edited by marcushodgkins on 11-17-2009 at 06:28:52 PM
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Bronze Win 7 badge Zoron   11-15-2009 at 10:40:02 PM

Is the ethernet controller disabled in BIOS or in Windows? If it's disabled, you'll obviously never be asked to install a driver for it.

------------------------------ Desktop: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit; Intel Q6600 CPU; E-VGA 780i SLI motherboard; E-VGA E-GeForce 8800GT; OCZ Vista 4GB dual-channel kit; Ultra X2 750W power supply; 2 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB in RAID 0. Laptop: Acer Aspire 8730-6314;
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marcushodgkins   11-17-2009 at 06:28:21 PM

It's not disabled. There isn't an option in the BIOS to enable/disable it. I flashed my bios and now Windows 7 recognizes the controller.

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Bronze Win 7 badge Zoron   11-17-2009 at 10:47:08 PM

There is definately an option to disable the onboard NIC in the BIOS... my 780i board isn't all that different from yours and the option is definately there. Flashing the BIOS usually results in settings being reverted back to default... in which case if the NIC was disabled in BIOS, flashing re-enabled it.

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