NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller

[darknightz0117]

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]

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

 

[darknightz0117]

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?

 

[stormy13]

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

 

[pebbly]

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

 

[darknightz0117]

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?

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 =)

 

[thefabe]

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?

Sorry that makes it kind of difficult to diagnose your problem when we don't know what system we're dealing with but their are plenty of knowledgeable people here that I certain can get you sorted out. Fabe

 

[pebbly]

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 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

 

[stormy13]

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/versions-history.html

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

 

[darknightz0117]

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 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

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.

 

[pebbly]

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 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

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.

its the nvidia chipset driver you require not the lan driver

 

[darknightz0117]

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,

CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

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

Ahhh thank you so much! I'm going to look for the driver now. Thank you!!

 

[darknightz0117]

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 http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

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.

its the nvidia chipset driver you require not the lan driver

OH MY GOD! Thank you so much!! i am now typing this through ETHERNET connection! Thank you so much!! I'm still relatively new to this site, but is there any way for me to like.. give you thumbs up, or +1000000 or something for your great help?

 

[pebbly]

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.

its the nvidia chipset driver you require not the lan driver

OH MY GOD! Thank you so much!! i am now typing this through ETHERNET connection! Thank you so much!! I'm still relatively new to this site, but is there any way for me to like.. give you thumbs up, or +1000000 or something for your great help?

thats what we are here for , glad you're up and running, thank you for posting back

 

[wlarsen77]

hi people, nice site... I am having the same issue, what exactly was done to fix the issue? I have just installed windows 7 and I now have a yellow exclamation mark by my nvidia betworking contrller in device manager, tries installing new drivers and no go.... what can I do? I have a hp dv9700 notebook. thanks all

 

[pebbly]

hi people, nice site... I am having the same issue, what exactly was done to fix the issue? I have just installed windows 7 and I now have a yellow exclamation mark by my nvidia betworking contrller in device manager, tries installing new drivers and no go.... what can I do? I have a hp dv9700 notebook. thanks all

Hi wlarsen, Welcome to the forums, In device manager , right click on the network controller and select "update driver" , win7 will find the driver for you ,if not I will search for one for you here is the link to the drivers http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...Id=135&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3632106 they are only for vista ,install them in compat mode http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

 

[wlarsen77]

I have tried that many times, it says it has the right driver already... when i right click the Nvidia Networking Controller in device manager and go to properties, it says "this device cannot start"... and like i mentioned it has the yellow exclamation mark beside it. I've went to hp site, nvidia site to get driver and no luck. Darknight got his fixed but he never explained what he did to fix.. thanks for the quick reply.

 

[pebbly]

I have tried that many times, it says it has the right driver already... when i right click the Nvidia Networking Controller in device manager and go to properties, it says "this device cannot start"... and like i mentioned it has the yellow exclamation mark beside it. I've went to hp site, nvidia site to get driver and no luck. Darknight got his fixed but he never explained what he did to fix.. thanks for the quick reply.

did you install the vista driver in compat mode ?

 

[wlarsen77]

no... where do i go to do it compat. view.. is there a windows 7 driver for the nvidia network controller? i have looked but am on dial up and it takes forever.

 

[pebbly]

no... where do i go to do it compat. view.. is there a windows 7 driver for the nvidia network controller? i have looked but am on dial up and it takes forever.

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