Well, one day I boot up my PC (Vista Ultimate 32) and cannot connect to the local network or the net. I check the other PCs and they are fine. I do the whole usual troubleshooting routine which I will outline for you below. All they do is act like they are trying to connect to the network and then give up and are labeled as "unidentified network".

Troubleshooting steps taken (on both built-in NICs):
- tried direct connect to cable modem, tried using plain network switch instead of hub built into router, reset router and reconfigured, reset EVERYTHING in many different sequences of trial and error runs.
- uninstalled and reinstalled both NICs (since they are both behaving the same way).
- tried the "repair this connection" option.
- disabled and re-enabled NICs.
- tried static as well as dynamic settings.

I ended up using a tiny Linksys USB NIC adapter I had on hand for troubleshooting other people's PCs. I have been using it for about a week and got tired of the VERY slow network transfer speeds and today installed a good old Linksys LNE100TX card.

Has anyone run into this problem with this motherboard or any other motherboard before? Any ideas how to fix it? pretty retarded to have to occupy a PCI slot for a NIC when I have two on the mobo.

Quote: Originally Posted by GlitterKill Well, one day I boot up my PC (Vista Ultimate 32) and cannot connect to the local network or the net. I check the other PCs and they are fine. I do the whole usual troubleshooting routine which I will outline for you below. All they do is act like they are trying to connect to the network and then give up and are labeled as "unidentified network". Troubleshooting steps taken (on both built-in NICs): - tried direct connect to cable modem, tried using plain network switch instead of hub built into router, reset router and reconfigured, reset EVERYTHING in many different sequences of trial and error runs. - uninstalled and reinstalled both NICs (since they are both behaving the same way). - tried the "repair this connection" option. - disabled and re-enabled NICs. - tried static as well as dynamic settings. I ended up using a tiny Linksys USB NIC adapter I had on hand for troubleshooting other people's PCs. I have been using it for about a week and got tired of the VERY slow network transfer speeds and today installed a good old Linksys LNE100TX card. Has anyone run into this problem with this motherboard or any other motherboard before? Any ideas how to fix it? pretty retarded to have to occupy a PCI slot for a NIC when I have two on the mobo.

I used to get that problem on my ABIT nf2 boards...
Very Frustrating to say the least.

However with all 680i boards...There is a compatibility issue with overclocking programs in windows....
Ntune, Rivatuner etc....

If your going to overclock do it in bios...

If you are running any of those...They will usually be the cause of your NIC failure...

Most times the actuall device doesn't fail itself. Its the BIOS or the driver...
Try updating BIOS...or moving back and then back forward...To make sure its not corrupt

If you are running vista there is also a nvidia patch you should run for VISTA issues...This includes NETWORKING issues in the fixes
Hotfixes

Unless of course your still running XP...

Keep me updated bro.
DIGI

Well, I have Ntune installed and I use it ALOT. I am checking to see how current my platform drivers and mobo bios is.

I had a similar problem back with Vista Beta 2 and my linksys wireless adapter. I assumed it was down to the adapter not being supported by vista. Tried everything you did but couldn't get it to work so wiped the hard drive and started over.

I'd check out the hotfixes digi linked you to and if those don't work try the Vista Rollup patch.

You might also try the service pack beta.

I had a problem that was similar to that

First I set my computer's static IP, then I unplugged the ethernet cable on my computer and replugged it. After that Vista did it's thing and connected automatically.

any updates GK?

Quote: Originally Posted by Digital-World any updates GK?

I have applied all the hotfixes and updates available. I really don't want to ditch ntune. I will probably run like I am for a little while longer and then reformat and install the 64 bit Vista instead and see how that goes.

Quote: Originally Posted by GlitterKill I have applied all the hotfixes and updates available. I really don't want to ditch ntune. I will probably run like I am for a little while longer and then reformat and install the 64 bit Vista instead and see how that goes.

Hrmmm....let me do some more research...

unplug the nic cards. (network cable that is)

Uninstall the drivers through windows

restart.

and do the unbearable, reset your bios


boot back up

reinstall drivers (more then likely windows found them)

plug in cables

and see.


if not i would suspect this being a soyware issue.

can you access your c share?

\\computername\c$\

can you ping to your router?

if you go to a command prompt and type ipconfig /all what ip adress is assinged?



if you go into safe mode with networking can you do the above steps?