NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller  

Hello all,

I have a rather strange situation here. About a year ago, my laptop ran on Vista, and could connect to both wireless, and ethernet just fine. I recently installed Windows 7, and have only used wireless. Today, I discovered that ethernet doesn't work for me anymore. I don't think it's a problem with the modem, because I used the same modem for ethernet (my home modem). When I installed windows 7, I was back at my apartment where I always used wireless.

So I went to Device manager to look under Network Adapters, and there are three exclamation marks: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller, Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface, and Coprocessor (which was under Network Adapter, and then under "Other devices"). I've tried scanning for hardware changes. I've tried updating drivers, and none are found.I've tried uninstalling the NVIDIA nforce Networking Controller, and letting Windows reinstall it, but that didn't work. Windows couldn't uninstall it properly. I found another thread on this forum saying to cut the driver from the Drivers folder in System 32, and then rebooting to let Windows try and reinstall it, but that didn't work either. Does anyone else have suggestions? I mean, I can live without ethernet, but I'd rather my computer work in case I ever need to use it.

Thanks in advance!!

thefabe said:

Welcome to Seven Forums: Have you tried re-installing you lan drivers Fabe. Their are also 3 versions of your board listed so make sure you know which one is yours. BIOSTAR :: TA785G3 :: Driver

Oh the system specs I have listed here are for my desktop build. The problem I'm having is with my laptop. How do I find the motherboard information, and the lan drivers?

Have you tried getting them from the laptop manufacturer? Or depending on which Nforce chipset is in the laptop, directly from Nvidia?

stormy13 said:

Have you tried getting them from the laptop manufacturer? Or depending on which Nforce chipset is in the laptop, directly from Nvidia?

See that's a problem too; I can't figure out which Nforce chipset it is. I only know that it is NVIDIA nForce networking controller. Where can I find more specific information?

pebbly said:

darknightz0117 said:

thefabe said:

Welcome to Seven Forums: Have you tried re-installing you lan drivers Fabe. Their are also 3 versions of your board listed so make sure you know which one is yours. BIOSTAR :: TA785G3 :: Driver

Oh the system specs I have listed here are for my desktop build. The problem I'm having is with my laptop. How do I find the motherboard information, and the lan drivers?

just tell us the model and manufacturer and we will do the rest

Wow, thanks so much! It is an HP Pavilion dv6607nr Entertainment Notebook PC. Purchased bay back in 2007.

Thank you both for your replies =)

Grab the Nvidia chipset driver from HP. HP conveniently doesn't say exactly what is in it, but I downloaded it and had a look and it does have the Nvidia ethernet driver in it.

Also if you want to fin out which Nforce chipset is in it grab this,

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z...s-history.html

and it should show which one it is on the Motherboard tab.

pebbly said:

here you go darknight Software & Driver Downloads HP Pavilion dv6607nr Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English) there are no win7 drivers only vista install them in compat mode Compatibility Mode

Thank you for your help and efforts =) I just tried to download and install the LAN driver in compatibility mode, but i still can't connect to the internet via ethernet. Do you have any other ideas? =/ sorry for the trouble.