I got the GA-EX58-UD5 motherboard, testing it with Win Xp and now Win 7, and so far everything looks okay... but in both OS's I can't connect to the local network. Indeed, the Ethernet cable is connected at both ends. BIOS has the onboard LAN chips enabled, and weirdly, the disc that came with the mobo doesn't have the relative drivers for XP, but it does for Vista however they're not in the installation interface -- I have to sift through Explorer to find them and even then they still don't work.
The mobo is specified as such:
# 2 x Realtek 8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
I went to Realtek and downloaded both Vista and Non-Vista drivers for the purposes of trying just about anything that will work... what comes close is the Vista version, naturally.
During the installation of the 8111D driver I acquired, I got a "FindFile failed" error towards the end of the installation (for Win 7). Whether it's on the CD or from the mirror I got it from, the name of the file is something akin to Realtek_8111, but when I go to install it, the installation window says "Welcome to the Realtek 8169 8168 8101E 8102E Ethernet Driver Setup...." making me think it's not the correct one or it would include 8111.. no?
I really don't want to have to purchase a PCI NIC card, but all the drivers I see available are for PCI only, NOT onboard chips... what gives? I installed the PCI NIC drivers, but they ask me to shut down my system and insert the relative card - which I don't have, nor should I need. I did though put in an older NIC card that can't be used in this system since it's too big taking up what another card is already doing... so I'd have to get a PCIE_4_1 or 8_1 sized NIC card if I can't get these onboard adapters to function... the card that I just now put in does enable me to connect to the network... any ideas why the built-in adapters are not allowing me to connect?
Any pointers?
The mobo is specified as such:
# 2 x Realtek 8111D chips (10/100/1000 Mbit)
I went to Realtek and downloaded both Vista and Non-Vista drivers for the purposes of trying just about anything that will work... what comes close is the Vista version, naturally.
During the installation of the 8111D driver I acquired, I got a "FindFile failed" error towards the end of the installation (for Win 7). Whether it's on the CD or from the mirror I got it from, the name of the file is something akin to Realtek_8111, but when I go to install it, the installation window says "Welcome to the Realtek 8169 8168 8101E 8102E Ethernet Driver Setup...." making me think it's not the correct one or it would include 8111.. no?
I really don't want to have to purchase a PCI NIC card, but all the drivers I see available are for PCI only, NOT onboard chips... what gives? I installed the PCI NIC drivers, but they ask me to shut down my system and insert the relative card - which I don't have, nor should I need. I did though put in an older NIC card that can't be used in this system since it's too big taking up what another card is already doing... so I'd have to get a PCIE_4_1 or 8_1 sized NIC card if I can't get these onboard adapters to function... the card that I just now put in does enable me to connect to the network... any ideas why the built-in adapters are not allowing me to connect?
Any pointers?