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Fresh Windows 7 install, LAN connection issues
Hard drive crashed, so installed a new one. NIC worked fine before, though I remember a couple times in the past where the NIC stopped working when copying large files over network or streaming movies off of it, though a simple reboot fixed that. So the possibility of flaky hardware exists.
Windows 7 Pro x64. Installed chipset drivers and LAN drivers (it has an onboard RealTek adapter, which wouldn't work with generic MS drivers.)
It goes through the identifying process, but then it says no internet connection. I check ipconfig, and rather than having a 192.168.x.x address it shows a 169.254.x.x address. I checked to make sure it's setup for automatic IP addresses, which it is. If I manually disable the NIC, or use the Windows Troubleshoot tool, it hangs the system completely once it tries to reset the device. Same thing if I try to disable it through Device Manager, or even to uninstall the driver.
So seems to be an issue with it not being able to communicate with the router or DHCP server. I tried to ping the router IP and it just says it fails.
I've tried to manually assign it an IP (outside of the DHCP range) and no dice.
Tried different ports on the router, as well as a different cable, though neither should really matter because they both worked fine before.
Odd thing is, it DID somehow work a couple times, both times I managed to uninstall and reinstall the driver manually. But then after rebooting, it fails again. These are the latest drivers from Asus website for the motherboard (Asus M4A87TD-USB3.)