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carln   12-17-2003 at 04:01:28 PM

I am having problems with my Realtek gigabit ethernet card. When my computer is cold booted (i.e. off for more than 2 hours) the ethernet card is not recognised as installed, it shows up in the device manager as uninstalled. If the computer is left to run for a few minutes and then restarted the ethernet card shows up and operates correctly.
I have tried reinstalling the drivers and reinstalling windows but to no avail. Does anybody know of a solution to this problem?

Also, occasionally the card will stop working in the middle of network activity. It will work again if the card is disabled and re-enabled, or if the computer is restarted.

Any help solving this problem would be greatly appreciated.

P.S. I have the newest drivers already and the card is built in to a laptop motherboard so its not possible to try it in a different slot.

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riser   12-19-2003 at 06:35:40 PM
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I would have it replaced by the laptop manufacturer before bothering to do heavy troubleshooting. If you have the right drivers for your laptop, it should work.

I know of gigabit cards not working correctly with Cisco equipment, but I haven't heard of them showing up as uninstalled.

What laptop do you have?

Riser

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