MSI NEO2 Platinum one of my Ethernet port just went bad!

[Luthien]

One of my ethernet ports just went bad fortunately the other one works. Still I will have to RMA it so this SUCKS! Maybe time to upgrade to a newer mobo.

 

[Demo24]

are you overclocking?

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: Luthien
One of my ethernet ports just went bad fortunately the other one works. Still I will have to RMA it so this SUCKS! Maybe time to upgrade to a newer mobo.

rofl, exact same thing happened to me a few weeks ago, was it the nforce ethernet port too for you ? My realtek port still works.

 

[Luthien]

Hey Reality Time what did MSI say when you called to RMA it? I will tell you; how do I tell which ethernet port went bad?

Nope I did overclock for a few days about 2 months ago so that didnt cause the problem. I was getting dissconnected from the internet every few days for about a month and couldnt figure why but now I suspect it was the ethernet port going bad.

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: Luthien
Hey Reality Time what did MSI say when you called to RMA it? I will tell you; how do I tell which ethernet port went bad?

Nope I did overclock for a few days about 2 months ago so that didnt cause the problem. I was getting dissconnected from the internet every few days for about a month and couldnt figure why but now I suspect it was the ethernet port going bad.

go to control panel/network connections one is called nforce networking controller, the other is called realtek family gigabit ethernet. which one are you still using ? And I never bothered to contact them, I can't be bothered to go without the board over an ethernet port. If the one I am using now fails, than I will RMA. BTW the neo2 should still be under rma even if you use it to overclock, as the board is meant to do such, its the cpu or other components that are invalidated by oc'ing. So even if this is a result of oc'ing it should still be able to be returned on RMA. Also, I have heard from someone else this same thing happened to them too. Windows will still recognize and enable my nforce ethernet port, but I don't get internet working through the port at all, and if I try to disable/enable the port with it installed my system crashes the network window and I have to end it in task manager, so I am fairly certain the port is fubar'ed

 

[Luthien]

My Realtek is the one that isnt working for me anymore. The Nvidia port is the one I am forced to use now. Well, I think I will hold onto it till the warranty is almost up or something else goes wrong. Either way since they don't do advanced replacement I dont want to be without the system for a few weeks and I would either purchase a new mobo the same or whole new one then I would ebay the RMA board when it comes back.

 

[mechBgon]

Sometimes people think the port's failed and it's really a networking problem, not a hardware problem. What's your network layout?

 

[Mrvile]

My nForce ethernet is dead too. I use the Realtek.

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
My nForce ethernet is dead too. I use the Realtek.

rofl. well done msi. tell me, does your windows still recognize the port and if you hook it up to a cable modem or some such thing it does recognize as cable connected, BUT the port still doesn't work ? As that is what mine is like. rofl. msi you wh0res.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: RealityTime

Originally posted by: Mrvile
My nForce ethernet is dead too. I use the Realtek.

rofl. well done msi. tell me, does your windows still recognize the port and if you hook it up to a cable modem or some such thing it does recognize as cable connected, BUT the port still doesn't work ? As that is what mine is like. rofl. msi you wh0res.

If the cable modem has its single IP address reserved for a different NIC (which it can recognize by its MAC address), then that would be perfectly normal. As I said in my first post in this thread... yeah.

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: RealityTime

Originally posted by: Mrvile
My nForce ethernet is dead too. I use the Realtek.

rofl. well done msi. tell me, does your windows still recognize the port and if you hook it up to a cable modem or some such thing it does recognize as cable connected, BUT the port still doesn't work ? As that is what mine is like. rofl. msi you wh0res.

If the cable modem has its single IP address reserved for a different NIC (which it can recognize by its MAC address), then that would be perfectly normal. As I said in my first post in this thread... yeah.

Let me explain quickly what happened with me. My modem was originally plugged into the nforce port, I left a download going overnight, when I woke up for work in the morning I checked on my d/l. The modem lights were all on and it was connected. But the download had halted, no internet worked for my bit torrent client or through explorer etc. Same thing on a reboot. Also re-formatted and re-installed windows as well, still no dice. Another thing, windows does detect the port and install drivers for it. But through control panel/network connections if I try to disable/enable the port my system hangs the network controller window and windows will not properly shut down. This never happened before when the port was working fine. Something just fritzed out on the port overnight. This has happened to several other people I've spoken to out of this thread with the neo2. Just some crappy design or some such thing.

 

[Mrvile]

Hmm mine's a bit more simple. I just don't get any connection through the port. Windows still recognizes it, and I have updated the drivers, but it just doesn't work.

 

[mechBgon]

I'm not saying hardware failures cannot occur, but I see the other problem often enough too. Try removing the nVidia Network Access Manager program, and plug that port into a router.

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Hmm mine's a bit more simple. I just don't get any connection through the port. Windows still recognizes it, and I have updated the drivers, but it just doesn't work.

I wasn't really clear. I don't get a connection either, what I meant was you know how if you disconnect your ethernet cable you get that little icon 'network cable unplugged' Well with the cable plugged in, I don't get that, so it somewhat can use the port, but I cannot receive any connection data through the port at all.

mechBgon: I have tried it in my VoIP router it still does not work, I never used the nv access manager program. I just keep it simple on my rig, drivers and no extra bloat. The port just died

 

[mechBgon]

What do you get if you do an ipconfig /all, out of curiosity?

 

[Mrvile]

Well when I try to repair my IP on it, it just gets an error. Nothing is plugged into it right now so ipconfig /all doesn't do anythign.

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well when I try to repair my IP on it, it just gets an error. Nothing is plugged into it right now so ipconfig /all doesn't do anythign.

If the port is set to acquire an IP using DHCP, then ipconfig /all will give a result whether it is plugged in or not. Example: my IPCONFIG /ALL

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: mechBgon

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Well when I try to repair my IP on it, it just gets an error. Nothing is plugged into it right now so ipconfig /all doesn't do anythign.

If the port is set to acquire an IP using DHCP, then ipconfig /all will give a result whether it is plugged in or not. Example: my IPCONFIG /ALL

I forgot, I left that out. ipconfig /renew or /release or /all hangs the window and just sits there.

 

[Mrvile]

I get something completely different. It gives me the ip of my wireless network (it should), but for both the Realtek and the nVidia (nothing is plugged into any of them) it says:

Media state . . . . . : Media disconnected
Descriptions . . . . .: Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address . .:xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

Media state . . . . . : Media disconnected
Descriptions . . . . .: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address . .:xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

 

[mechBgon]

And you're positive the nVidia hardware firewall is down? I found out how brutally effective the nVidia firewall is, when I tried joining my K8N-E Deluxe system to our domain at work No dice, had to open ports first.

Like I said, hardware failures can happen... but my work fleet has 36 nVidia-based NICs and I've never had one fail yet, after >2 years on some of those. Then again, they're not MSI boards either...

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
And you're positive the nVidia hardware firewall is down? I found out how brutally effective the nVidia firewall is, when I tried joining my K8N-E Deluxe system to our domain at work No dice, had to open ports first.

Like I said, hardware failures can happen... but my work fleet has 36 nVidia-based NICs and I've never had one fail yet, after >2 years on some of those. Then again, they're not MSI boards either...

I'd like to think it's just a user flub. But I have heard more than a couple of few instances of one of the ports dying on these boards .

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
I get something completely different. It gives me the ip of my wireless network (it should), but for both the Realtek and the nVidia (nothing is plugged into any of them) it says:

Media state . . . . . : Media disconnected
Descriptions . . . . .: Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address . .:xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

Media state . . . . . : Media disconnected
Descriptions . . . . .: NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address . .:xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx

Ok, and if you give the nVidia NIC a cable to your router, what do you get for an IP address? Is it something that corresponds to your router's usual IP scheme (192.168.1.101 or such)? If not, do an ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew, did that get it on its feet?

 

[CraigRT]

I think my nVidia ethernet port is fubar too.. POS!

 

[RealityTime]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
I think my nVidia ethernet port is fubar too.. POS!

rofl. well done msi, excellent job.

 

[Preti9cboi]

Well if it makes you guys feel better, there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with my mobo. I've had it only for a week now though. Also i'm not an over clocker.