Intermittent fault with ethernet driver

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theUpload

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Master Geek

#880798 19-Aug-2013 07:43

Brand is Intel and I have tried all the drivers I can get my hands on but I've only used automatic .exe methods I'll try extracting a driver file tonight for a manual method.

And as someone who works for DSE we dont sell pc parts any more. Any left lying around in store are on clearance and the only thing that we sell that I can use is the usb to Ethernet adaptor we sell for the MacBook air. But I would rather not.

Seeming the thing doesn't fault once I've disabled and then re-enabled it I would rather try my method of making a script that disables and re-enables the driver on start up. Does any one know if this is possible? Would it be as simple as a .bat file?

Cheers guys for all your help

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Inphinity

2780 posts

Uber Geek

#880802 19-Aug-2013 08:14

theUpload:
Seeming the thing doesn't fault once I've disabled and then re-enabled it I would rather try my method of making a script that disables and re-enables the driver on start up. Does any one know if this is possible? Would it be as simple as a .bat file?

Cheers guys for all your help

If you want to go batch, you'll need to use devcon (devcon disable [hardware ID]) or WMIC, or you could get one of the various powershell CMDlets and use that ;)

PaulBags

809 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#880815 19-Aug-2013 08:46

Is there any way to delay the loading of the driver, would that do it? Have it loaded last maybe? Or not load it in the first place and then load it? Would seem cleaner to me than loading then reloading, especially if it means not using a batch file.

theUpload

137 posts

Master Geek

#880818 19-Aug-2013 08:57

How would you delay the driver loading? Only thing I can think of is to mess with the bios

robjg63

4091 posts

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#880823 19-Aug-2013 09:26

freitasm: Get an ethernet adapter from Dick Smith plug it in and disable the old one...

+1 for this

Some motherboards are notorious for onboard components playing up.
I had a PC that had occasional problems with the onboard ethernet port once it got a bit more than 12 months old.
It was always bad if you went away and shut it down for a few days (or a week or so). Used to pretend to not exist.

I would buy an ethernet card.
Disable the onboard networking, install the new card - install the driver (if you have to) and I think your problem will be fixed.

Not sure if Dick Smith sell things like this anymore - but something like this would probably be ok
http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=NETTPL3039&name=TP-LINK-TF-3239DL-10100-BASE-PCI-CARD-ETHERNET-Ful

<$12.00

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself - A. H. Weiler

theUpload

137 posts

Master Geek

#880885 19-Aug-2013 10:44

robjg63:
freitasm: Get an ethernet adapter from Dick Smith plug it in and disable the old one...

+1 for this

Some motherboards are notorious for onboard components playing up.
I had a PC that had occasional problems with the onboard ethernet port once it got a bit more than 12 months old.
It was always bad if you went away and shut it down for a few days (or a week or so). Used to pretend to not exist.

I would buy an ethernet card.
Disable the onboard networking, install the new card - install the driver (if you have to) and I think your problem will be fixed.

Not sure if Dick Smith sell things like this anymore - but something like this would probably be ok
http://pbtech.co.nz/index.php?z=p&p=NETTPL3039&name=TP-LINK-TF-3239DL-10100-BASE-PCI-CARD-ETHERNET-Ful

<$12.00

No dick smith does not, we no longer sell pc componentry, just the odd tid bit. I live in welly so it wont be too hard to locate those parts if needed

Inphinity

2780 posts

Uber Geek

#880888 19-Aug-2013 10:47

theUpload:
No dick smith does not, we no longer sell anything of use

Fixed that for you ;)

Does the issue still occur if there is no cable connected to the NIC during startup?

theUpload

137 posts

Master Geek

#880890 19-Aug-2013 10:50

Um if their is no cable into the NIC then my computer wont se the Ethernet hardware will it?

robjg63

4091 posts

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#880893 19-Aug-2013 10:53

You didnt have the ethernet cable pushed into a USB port on the back did you?

I once reached over the back of a server and pushed a USB cable into an RJ45 socket - very hard to get around the back of a server when pushed against a wall!.
Took a while to realise that our backups werent working :-(

Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself - A. H. Weiler

theUpload

137 posts

Master Geek

#880895 19-Aug-2013 10:55

robjg63: You didnt have the ethernet cable pushed into a USB port on the back did you?

I once reached over the back of a server and pushed a USB cable into an RJ45 socket - very hard to get around the back of a server when pushed against a wall!.
Took a while to realise that our backups werent working :-(

that wouldn't explain why i connectivity after disabling the driver.... but cheers the KISS answer

Inphinity

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Uber Geek

#880902 19-Aug-2013 11:03

theUpload: Um if their is no cable into the NIC then my computer wont se the Ethernet hardware will it?

It will still see the NIC, it will just have no connectivity. It will rule out whether media detection is causing the issue.

theUpload

137 posts

Master Geek

#880905 19-Aug-2013 11:04

Inphinity:
theUpload: Um if their is no cable into the NIC then my computer wont se the Ethernet hardware will it?

It will still see the NIC, it will just have no connectivity. It will rule out whether media detection is causing the issue.

riiiiiiiiiite well ill try that later, currently working on some uni stuff and i need my pc in working order

1101

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Uber Geek

#882102 21-Aug-2013 11:43

Just put in a new $20 network card. Then disable the old one.
Save yourself time & frustration

or
spend lots of time with
-bios updates (be carefull)
-new cables
-bios updates on the router
-driver updates for both the motherboard chipset & the ethernet driver
-changing power save on the NIC driver (turn off the network ports power save)

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