Motherboard' network issues

[chimimoryo]

Hello, I have an Asus Sabertooth x58 motherboard. I built the computer myself about two years ago. The motherboards's lan was working swimmingly for most of that time. Then about 6 months ago my router started to crap out so I bought a logitec lan-wh300an/dgp router. It worked fine until about a month into using it, then my PC would boot up with the lan port turned off and takes about 2 or 3 minutes to turn on and a lot of my auto start programs want to use the internet so I am always greeted with a bunch of errors and have to manually renter some logins and passwords. hassle.

So I went to Asus got the latest driver software, ran it, removed the old one, and then ran it again and voilà it worked just fine again. But that only lasted about a week. Then the same problem returned. So I just kept removing and reinstalling the driver. However, now even that doesnt seem to work anymore. After having turned my computer off, on the next boot, the lan port is somehow turned off.

any ideas?

I am running 64bit windows 7

 

[denis280]

what bios version do you have.

 

[Ketchup]

I would go to the store and pick up a network card. Around here they run $10-$15. See if that fixes your issue. Make sure you buy it from somewhere that accepts returns, in case that doesn't fix things.

 

[chimimoryo]

bios is version 0702

 

[denis280]

is this the same board.http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_X58/#support_Download_30

 

[Ketchup]

That's what I was looking at too denis280 (1402 being the latest). I wonder if a BIOS update would help? I don't see anything that says LAN or network adapter, but it would be worth a short.

The network adapter drivers on the site are pretty old, so you are probably fine with what you have chimimoryo, unless Windows update offers something newer.

 

[denis280]

That's what I was looking at too denis280 (1402 being the latest)

I know.but is bios is 0702???

 

[Ketchup]

bios is version 0702

I think it was taken off some time later. When I look at the list, the numbers go up in hundreds or so, but there are some skips here and there.

 

[denis280]

Well i hope so.did the serch and din't find any 0702.probably he got it wrong.

 

[chimimoryo]

the bios screen clearly says "sabertooth x58 bios version 0702" and a simple google search yeilds this https://www.google.com/search?q=sabortooth+bios+version+0702#q=sabertooth+bios+version+0702&spell=1
the megatrends is v02.61, is there something else i should be looking at?

 

[chimimoryo]

is this the same board.http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/SABERTOOTH_X58/#support_Download_30

yes

 

[Ketchup]

As Denis and I mentioned, it wouldn't be a bad idea to update the board to the latest BIOS.

 

[denis280]

I would go to the store and pick up a network card. Around here they run $10-$15. See if that fixes your issue. Make sure you buy it from somewhere that accepts returns, in case that doesn't fix things.

OK! that one was remove.and yes it will be the best to get a network Card as mention by Michael.

 

[chimimoryo]

ok, i will try a bios update and see what happens.

 

[chimimoryo]

so its been about a week since my bios update and the problem has seemed go away. so hopefully that fixed it. thanks for the suggestion

 

[Ketchup]

Good to hear.