Solved No network adapter driver. Even after reinstalling it.

[Kraken]

So I use to use an Ethernet cable and it worked fine until yesterday. Don't know what happened but this is how it went down. My brother was using the computer one night and the overclock I was testing failed on him. So he said he changed a few things in the BIOS without success and just turned it off. He has no clue what he did so in the morning I turned it on and reset the BIOS to its stock settings. It started up and the internet just wouldn't connect, says the drivers are not installed. I connect a wireless card and download the drivers then install them but they still don't appear when i go to the device manager. There is no "Network Adapters" option unless the wireless usb card is plugged in. I have no idea what happened. How can I fix this missing driver problem?

 

[Kraken]

Let me know if that was too confusing.

 

[AddRAM]

Did you run windows update ? Usually that`s all you have to do. Check the bios again for anything about the onboard network adaptor enabling or disabling.

 

[Kraken]

Yes I did. I checked for new updates as well. It only updated my wireless card adapter. Checked for new updates and none were found.

 

[Kraken]

I don't want to keep using the wireless card because it cuts off randomly and I lose connection for a little while.

 

[AddRAM]

If you can`t figure it out, you could buy a pci network adaptor.

Did you build it yourself ?

 

[Kraken]

Yup. That's definitely what I'll end up doing if I can't get help through this website figuring out why my motherboard's adapter stopped working.

 

[AddRAM]

Could you post a snip of your network and sharing center ?

 

[Kraken]

Here is both with the wireless card and without

 

[Kraken]

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[Kraken]

here is the images of my problem.

 

[AddRAM]

Did you check the bios for what i mentioned above ?
Did your motherboard come with a driver cd ? Did you use it ?

 

[Kraken]

Did you run windows update ? Usually that`s all you have to do. Check the bios again for anything about the onboard network adaptor enabling or disabling.

about that. When I boot up the computer, it doesn't give me an option to enter the bios anymore. Just goes straight into windows. Don't know why or what is going on. I thought the same thing but can't get in the bios.

 

[AddRAM]

It doesn`t show you what key to punch to get into your bios, during post ?

 

[Kraken]

And yes. I used the cd again but as i mention in the first post, the driver isn't even listed on the menu when i run the cd.

 

[Kraken]

It doesn't show any buttons. Usually i hold backspace but that doesn't work anymore.

 

[AddRAM]

No it should be, F2 or delete or esc. reboot and keep watching the screen, it will tell you what key to hit to enter setup. It has to be there.

 

[Kraken]

Even on the ROG Motherboards? I remember i had to hold backspace or enter or space but i tried all three and it didnt work. Lemme try that now.

 

[Kraken]

OMG! It was disabled...I wonder why though if i had reset everything to original with F5. Thanks a lot for the help AddRAM! I wouldn't have ever gotten into my bios without your help.

 

[AddRAM]

Awesome, Glad to help.

Maybe you shouldn`t allow people to use your pc anymore.