Integrated mobo Ethernet adapter vs PCI ethernet card?

[Pott]

I believe my mobo's adapter is on the fritz... after less than a week of me having built this PC.

Whenever a cable is plugged in, it just keeps on searching for it. I.e. it knows something's different from when nothing's plugged in, however it still tells me nothing's plugged in/it's not plugged in correctly (it is).

So I may need to get a PCI ethernet adapter, which are thankfully plentiful and cheap even here in Luxembourg. I'd disable the mobo one.

Motherboard issues aside, is there ever any advantage to running a seperate card from the integrated one?
Thanks!

 

[Computers_Plus]

go to device manger and uninstall the ethernet adapter reboot and let Windows reinstall it.

 

[Tsavo]

Motherboard issues aside, is there ever any advantage to running a seperate card from the integrated one?
Thanks!

There isn't an integrated solution made that can hold a candle to a NIC made by Intel. I use them in everything; zero problems and my network is both utterly reliable and fast.

 

[JackMDS]

Unless you are using the network in some type of complicated topology, or need to over task it.

There is No difference between the Onboard and stand alone PCI.

 

[Rifter]

There isn't an integrated solution made that can hold a candle to a NIC made by Intel. I use them in everything; zero problems and my network is both utterly reliable and fast.

This

 

[Emulex]

standalone pci nic's can be replaced when they fail. ever seen a machine blow up and take out everything on the switch? weird stuff happens when a power supply juices 220v to the on-board nic. not supposed to happen but does.

kinda like on-board modem (back in the days) versus internal - you know was easier to replace.

 

[Pott]

Thanks, I'll see if there's anything Intel around here