Onboard LAN drivers  

Is there a universal Microsoft driver for on board Ethernet??

I have a Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4 (rev. 2.0)

Onboard Lan
Lan Chipset Marvell 88E1116
Max Lan Speed 10/100/1000Mbps

I don't want to buy a new Ethernet card but looks like I can never find a solution. Whenever doing gaming on downloading,anything intense the connection fails or disconnects intermittently. I called ISP and they came out and everything was fine. They couldn't reproduce any problems. I remember in Vista I didn't have a problem as long as I didn't install the chipset drivers. This time I had to when installing Win OS 7 because I had no internet.

I couldn't find a driver on Gigabyte page, so I downloaded NVIDIA.
nForce Driver



Version:

15.53 WHQL

Release Date:

2010.03.15

Operating System:

Windows 7

Language:

English (U.S.)

File Size:

59.4 MB





Release Highlights
Supported products
Additional information

Windows 7 32-bit Driver Versions:

• Ethernet Driver (v73.20) WHQL
• Network Management Tools (v73.16)
• SATAIDE Driver (v11.1.0.33) WHQL
• SATARAID Driver (v11.1.0.33) WHQL
• RAIDTOOL Application (v11.1.0.30)
• SMBUS Driver (v4.74) WHQL
• SMU Driver (v1.71) WHQL
• Installer (v7.57)

Please go to main driver page to find latest NVIDIA nForce drivers for your MCP.

nForce 7 series:
790i SLI, 790i Ultra SLI, 780i SLI

nForce 6 series:
680i SLI, 680i LT SLI, 680a SLI

nForce 5 series:
550, 590 SLI AMD, 570 SLI AMD, 570 Ultra AMD










I'm pretty sure the problem is related to the Ethernet Driver. I remember something about Comcast sends to many packets and the Ethernet controller gets confused and freezes for a second or fails.

When this happens, I usually have to disconnect power from the modem, wait a few seconds and then turns back on. Sometimes if I just disable the card and then enable problem is solved.

do u have this board? are u aware of problem i speak of, lol. dont mind installing this, as i knew it existed but this is in reference to a problem that occured both in vista and now in windows 7

You said in your original post, that you have a Marvell LAN, so aren't going to find the answer by installing Nvidia drivers. Go to Marvell's site and download the latest driver for your card. You can enter the part number on the right-hand side of the page.

Marvell: Support

DeaconFrost said:

You said in your original post, that you have a Marvell LAN, so aren't going to find the answer by installing Nvidia drivers. Go to Marvell's site and download the latest driver for your card. You can enter the part number on the right-hand side of the page.

Marvell: Support

its an nvidia board with onboard graphic, under my boards website it said:
Onboard Lan
Lan Chipset Marvell 88E1116
Max Lan Speed 10/100/1000Mbps

im trying the compatible mode.


plus on there site my model number is not listed

This may help:

Driver Install - Device Manager