Windows not recognising AsRock Z77 Extreme4 network driver

[Guest]

I keep getting the error, "Install a driver for your network adapter" when troubleshooting as to why I cannot connect to the internet on Windows 7. The Z77 driver CD did not appear to have a network driver on it, so I installed the one on the AsRock Z77 Extreme4 website. It still will not recognise it. In the BIOS, the onboard network adapter is enabled. What am I doing wrong?

The LAN indicators on the motherboard are also doing nothing. Could the LAN socket be broken?

 

[noidea_77]

This one? Broadcom Lan driver ver:14.8.4.1

 

[Guest]

Yes, that is the one. I install it, and Windows 7 still gives me the error.

In the BIOS when viewing the motherboard and the components attached, there is a yellow box around the LAN socket (which I believe means that it recognises my LAN cable being plugged into it).

 

[noidea_77]

And in windows device manager? Is it showing the network adapter as network adapter or as unknown device?

 

[Guest]

When I tick show hidden devices, it shows the network adapters. Someone on one of my other posts about this thinks my OS might be corrupt. He recommended I run Memtest86+ to check.

 

[Darcy Hayhurst]

I had this problem for ages, what I ended up doing was installing a Realtek LAN Controller instead of the recommended Broadcom one, worked fine for me.
Download the right version for your OS here: http://www.asrock.com/support/download.asp?cat=Drivers
Hope it helps.

 

[Guest]

I had this problem for ages, what I ended up doing was installing a Realtek LAN Controller instead of the recommended Broadcom one, worked fine for me.
Download the right version for your OS here: http://www.asrock.com/support/download.asp?cat=Drivers
Hope it helps.

Thank you for trying to help, but I already solved the problem back when my last post was (1st September 2012). My LAN port was faulty and I had to send for a new motherboard.