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Thread ID: 79446	2007-05-20 10:48:00	Asus P5N-E SLI onboard network problems	george12 (7)	Press F1

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551420	2007-05-20 10:48:00	I have a computer here with the Asus P5N-E SLI motherboard (with onboard nVidia network card) and it is giving me hell. I am running XP Pro and it's a two day old install. I'm 90% sure that this problem happened several reboots after installing the chipset drivers, which means it was working fine before and after that. It was running fine when I shut it down last night, but today on boot up it said it had limited or no connectivity. I had a look and it had sent (and received) zero packets which was odd as it was trying to get DHCP, and should be sending packets out. So, I decided to give it a static address and see what happened. But clicking OK on the network settings (where I entered the static IP) crashed explorer. At about this time I found that my router was crashed, and rebooted it, at which point I checked, and sure enough, all the computers could get IP addresses off the DHCP server fine. I assumed that the crashed router was the problem, but unfortunately it wasn't. After rebooting, I found that going into anything at all network related caused whatever it was to either take up to a minute to do anything, or crash. The static IP I gave it had gone in, but I couldn't ping anything, I got Destination Host Unreachable. I tried to change back to DHCP after getting the router sorted, but that crashed it too. To try and work out if it was the hardware or software, I booted up WinPE, which couldn't see the NIC at all, although that might just be because it's not supported. At this point, I decided to disable the NIC in the BIOS and uninstall the drivers, although, you guessed it, uninstalling the drivers crashed it too. When I say crashed, I just mean Device Manager, not the whole PC. I disabled it in the BIOS, rebooted, and the PC was then running much more stably. I enabled the NIC, and went to reinstall the drivers, but this crashed it too. And that's where I'm at now. So I need to know how to find out if it's my motherboard, or if the 2 day old Windows install has somehow destroyed itself. Also, the mystery of the router must be solved - did the crashed router somehow destroy my network adapter or Windows install, or did the PC crash the router. Or is it a coincidence? I really need to sort this within the next day or two.	george12 (7)
551421	2007-05-20 20:47:00	The NVIDIA networking controller is very bad, I have the same issues with mine (DFI NF4 SLI-DR) so I just use the Marvel NIC, that mobo only has one NIC right? You might need to chuck in a PCI card :2cents:	The_End_Of_Reality (334)
551422	2007-05-20 22:05:00	I have an A8N-E running XP pro x64 & Vista in dual boot. Onboard LAN works fine, what doesn't work well for me is the Nvidia firewall software and a quick search round the net shows a lot of people have trouble with it. If you installed that then get rid of it, even XP's firewall is preferable. You could try visiting the asus website and downloading the latest drivers - might help, or alternatively a bios update for your motherboard ( if you're comfortable doing that ). .... both of which require a working internet connection of course :groan:	dugimodo (138)
551423	2007-05-21 00:35:00	I have an A8N-E running XP pro x64 & Vista in dual boot. Onboard LAN works fine, what doesn't work well for me is the Nvidia firewall software and a quick search round the net shows a lot of people have trouble with it. If you installed that then get rid of it, even XP's firewall is preferable. You could try visiting the asus website and downloading the latest drivers - might help, or alternatively a bios update for your motherboard ( if you're comfortable doing that ). .... both of which require a working internet connection of course :groan: I'm good with BIOS updates, I think it's the crappy software/drivers. I will get the latest from the internet and see if that sorts it, otherwise it's a PCI card. I will of course have to see if that's acceptable to my client. Looks like I need to find a new board to use for SLI builds.	george12 (7)
551424	2007-05-21 07:17:00	I guess it was a screwy network controller, because it's running fine right now with a PCI card. The guy says that's fine so this little saga is over. In case I have the exact same problem again, I would like to find a different motherboard for the next one one I build. Any suggestions for an SLI capable, Vista ready motherboard supporting all Core 2 CPUs (up to QX6800) and 4GB DDR2-800? It must have at least four SATA ports and be a good brand, probably Asus, Foxconn and Gigabyte in order of preference (I like Foxconn boards and can get them muchcheaper than anything else as one of my main suppliers is the NZ distributor for them).	george12 (7)
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