asus a7v600 network controller problems

[hoff]

Im having trouble loading the network controller driver. the driver dosent seem to be on the disc and windows update system dosent have a driver either. can anyone tell me why this portion of the motherboard wont work? and if there is a driver floating around on the internet, can someone tell me where to find it?

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

www.asus.com

 

[hoff]

yeah i checked there. didnt seem to find anything

 

[mechBgon]

Here you go: link to 3Com driver for A7V600. Welcome to the Forums

 

[hoff]

well it didnt seem to fix the problem. dont really know why. any other suggestions?

 

[mechBgon]

Could you be more specific about what problem it didn't fix Is the Device Manager showing the NIC with a ! on it, or has Device Manager got it listed normally?

 

[hoff]

under the device manager, there is a tab that says other devices and under that tab is a ! with network controller written beside it. it says the manufacturer is not known. ive sent two e-mails two asus over the past month and have not received any reply.

 

[mechBgon]

If you go through the tabs, does it say why it's having a problem (cannot find resources, for instance)?

Big picture: slap a $5 PCI NIC into the system and put it all behind you Your time's worth something.

 

[hoff]

yeah says it cant find any resources because the driver isnt installed. i see it as a waist of time to worry about too. my dad wants it fixed before we move on with the machine, and for we know, there might not be a driver out there for it. believe me im with you, ide just rather slap a new nic card in and get on with life. i can actually acces our home network and the internet just fine. my dads fired up about getting the problem fixed but the way i see it, "out of sight, out of mind"

but i do thank you for helping me through this

 

[mechBgon]

If you try manually updating the driver from within Device Manager, aiming it at the extracted driver files that you downloaded from my link, does it refuse them?

 

[hoff]

yeah it refuses them