Lan died on NF7-S

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Byrus

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Anyone else have there lan to stop recognizing the cable hooked up, even when it is.

 

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• Jul 22, 2003

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yep just happend to me. says its disconnect but its running fine.


strange.......

Im guessing its software though, not hardware.

 

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I can't even use mine. Says a network cable is disconnected or the hardware is disconnected. I don't know if I should rma it or not, kinda afraid something else will go bad now.

 

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• Jul 22, 2003

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try reinstalling the nforce drivers.

 

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I did one better, I reinstalled WinXp and still no luck.

 

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Call up ABIT... or Email them.

 

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RMA should be your last option, as the board you'll get will be from a refurbished board, ie used, RMAed to Abit because of a problem, fixed, and passed on to someone else. I'd rather get a $5 network card.

 

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Since the network controller is in the southbridge, it may be worth putting a heatsink on there and see if that helps. Use thermal tape so you can remove it if the problem presists. The southbrige can get over 65 celcius, see here .

 

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Byrus said:

I did one better, I reinstalled WinXp and still no luck.

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im guessing when you say that, that you did reinstall the Nforce drivers, right?

XP doesnt contain drivers for the onboard nic.

 

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Yes I did try reinstalling nforce drivers, but nothing seems to work.
I guess I'll just use my pci ethernet card instead.

 

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• Jul 26, 2003

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I have had the problem with it were I am sharing my friends internet connection - if he restarts and comes back, I cant use the internet no more, I have to then restart - doesnt happen with the network card.