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

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.

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.

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.

Although I do not run W7 on my 680i board the ethernet ports do sometimes just bomb out and the only way to get them back is to disconnect the mains, remove lead completely, count to ten then plug back in and boot up.

It's what works for me, you could also try unplugging the network cable first and then plugging it back in once the PC has booted up.