NVIDIA nForce Network Controller Problem

[asuccar]

Hey All,

This is my first ever post so please go easy on me

Ok, here's the deal...

I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64 and my PC has a ASUSTeK M2N32 WS Professional motherboard.

ALL IS WORKING PERFECT!!!!....except...my nForce network controller!

Consider this scenario, and maybe it'll explain my issue a little better:

1. I turn my PC on
   
   
2. Win7 OS loads
3. I open IE8 but I can't connect to the net
   (note: at this point, I go to 'Network and Sharing Center' and the network picture under 'View you basic network information and set up connections' on the right side it says 'no internet connection'
4. I then go to Device Manager and expand Network Adapters
5. Under Network Adapters, i right click on NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet #2 --> select 'Disable' --> then I click on yes when the message appears to confirm that i want to disable the device
6. After that, I simply right click the same device and select 'Enable'.

....THEN THE INTERNET WORKS AGAIN!!!...Until I restart the PC then I have to disable/enable the adapter again!

What the heck is that all about? I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers and made sure i have the latest drivers.

Can any1 help? Much appreciated!

 

[TVeblen]

Hello Asuccar. Welcome to the Forum.

That motherboard has 2 Marvell 88E1116 LAN Chipsets on it.
If you are only using one LAN connection then go into the Network Connections and disable the one you are not using (#2?) and plug in to the one you are using (#1) and run it like that.

I suspect the IP addresses are changing each time you boot, a common issue using DNS and two NICs.

If you are trying to use both, then post back.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hey All,

This is my first ever post so please go easy on me

Ok, here's the deal...

I'm running Win7 Ultimate x64 and my PC has a ASUSTeK M2N32 WS Professional motherboard.

ALL IS WORKING PERFECT!!!!....except...my nForce network controller!

Consider this scenario, and maybe it'll explain my issue a little better:

1. I turn my PC on
   
   
2. Win7 OS loads
3. I open IE8 but I can't connect to the net
   (note: at this point, I go to 'Network and Sharing Center' and the network picture under 'View you basic network information and set up connections' on the right side it says 'no internet connection'
4. I then go to Device Manager and expand Network Adapters
5. Under Network Adapters, i right click on NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet #2 --> select 'Disable' --> then I click on yes when the message appears to confirm that i want to disable the device
6. After that, I simply right click the same device and select 'Enable'.

....THEN THE INTERNET WORKS AGAIN!!!...Until I restart the PC then I have to disable/enable the adapter again!

What the heck is that all about? I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers and made sure i have the latest drivers.

Can any1 help? Much appreciated!

Seems like a simple driver issue but cant tell till we get more info from you.

We need your Network setup and what version of win 7.

Thanks in advance


Ken J

 

[pebbly]

Hi asuccar, Welcome to the forums, Here is the link to the drivers NVIDIA Driver Downloads - Automatically Detect NVIDIA Products only install the network adaptor controller , I have the M2N32 sli deluxe mobo these are the drivers i use

 

[stormy13]

In addition to what pebbly said do not install the "network management tools"; and if it is already installed open Programs and Features, locate Nvidia Drivers and perform a custom uninstall and remove it.

 

[asuccar]

Thanks for all your help guys!

I tried everything you guys suggested but, alas the problem remains!

I have no idea where i should go from here...

 

[TVeblen]

OK, asuccar, I did a little research this morning and have come up with this from a Gigabyte forum:

The issue was corrected when the user tweaked the BIOS. They were guessing it had something to do with verifying the DMI Data Pool.
There are two ways to try this:

The first is to note all of your BIOS preferences. Then go into the BIOS and reset the BIOS optimized defaults. Reboot, go back into BIOS and reset your preferences. See if the LAN controllers are properly recognized now.

The second is to go into the BIOS and disable Quick Boot.

You can test those and let us know. This is all dependent, of course, on having the most recent chipset drivers from Asus properly installed first.

 

[asuccar]

Well, did exactly that...same problem! BTW, when i disabled quick boot it took forever to load after 3 reboots i almost slit my throat

So, what now? What could it possibly be?

 

[TVeblen]

When you say "it took forever to load", do you mean "to load the BIOS"?
Or "To load Windows".
And by forever, do you mean 30 seconds instead of 15, or 3 minutes instead of 15 seconds?

A Quick boot just skips some basic enumerations. But a regular boot should not take much longer to go through the BIOS startup.
Long boot delays can be caused by incorrect, corrupted, or conflicting drivers.

It would help if you gave us your Network Setup as ZigZag asked.

 

[asuccar]

No no...you know when you boot your pc and it does the 'count-up' of your RAM...well normally it takes like a few seconds to do it...but with quick-boot disabled, it takes a few minutes to 'count-up' my 8Gigs of RAM...about 5 mins! But once it finishes counting, the boot process is normal from there on.

Network Setup? What do you actually mean? Sorry, i'm not too techy...see my attached screenshot of 'Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network and Sharing Center'...is this the info you need? I have cable internet, my pc connects to a Netgear WNR2000 router (to which my cable modem is plugged into).

My set up has been running perfectly for over a year, but when i upgraded to win7 my problem started!

 

[asuccar]

Any1?

 

[TVeblen]

Well I'm just guessing now, but Windows is not setting or keeping you LAN settings because you have 2 LAN controllers, so I would think that the motherboard's driver(s) for the LAN(s) is corrupted or conflicting. You might try uninstalling (removing) the LAN controllers from Device Manager and rebooting to see if the driver package that Pebbly gave you (that you downloaded and installed previously) will reinstall automatically without problems this time. If they don't automatically install then just run the download to install them.

 

[dabodude]

Has anyone found a solution for this? I have the exact same problem...

 

[walterm]

nforce 630A onboard NIC problem

Hi,
I found exactly same problem on my motherboard ASROCK n68-s3 ucc with AMD Phenom II 810 and 8GB DDR3 RAM as on the 1st post. I have tried even to update the driver from Windows update service, however, it doesn't help. By the way, it's regarding situation, where NIC try to obtain address from DHCP server, if you enter static IP, it works fine. I think that this is relating to driver or nVidia chipset architecture itself, which is relatively old and I can't understand why new motherboards still use it. I can't use static IP in my network enviroment, so I decided to disable onboard LAN and use PCI-E ethernet card, it solves the problem.

 

[jerryinmacon]

Windows 7 and onboard NVidia Ethenet controller

I had this same problem for weeks. Tried dozens of fixes, new drivers, bio this and that with not success. Fix is assigning an IP address, subnet, default gateway and DNS server. No problems since.