Onboard NIC problem Asus K8N-E

[iman00b]

I have an Asus K8N-E deluxe Nforce 3 250gb board that works fine except the gb NIC. I was on the computer and it suddenly stopped working. Ive tried disabling/enabling it in both windows and bios with new driver installs. When i plug in the cable it lights up red but i think thats because my router isnt gb. Any ideas?

BTW: when i start up the computer it hangs for like 20 seconds or so between login and desktop showing up. I think thats when the NIC tries to get an IP but fails since when i check the IP i get some strange 169.xxx.xxx.xxx ip. Trying to refresh the IP will freeze whatever window i was using to manually refresh.

 

[GreyMittens]

That 169.xxx.etc ip is normal when a pc can't obtain an IP address from a dhcp / bootp server. Do you have a pci nic around you could throw in to make sure that is indeed the problem? Other possible causes

- bad router
- bad cable
- dhcp disabled on the router

Try a new network card though, even if you have to buy a generic 10/100 card for 10 or 15 bucks.

 

[JackMDS]

A simple NIC can be found for $5.

Get one and enjoy.

Otherwise if you need to debug your Network follow these steps.

Step One. Check the Network parameters in the Computer?s Device Manager. Make sure that the drivers are installed correctly; there is No IRQ conflict, and No Ghost installation. http://www.ezlan.net/faq#ghost

Step Two Verify Basic network setting in the OS: http://www.ezlan.net/Installing#verify

If the above two Steps indicates that every thing looks good but functionally it does not work.

Step Three. Check (and repair if necessary) the Socket Layers, Winsock, and or refresh the TCP/IP Stack. http://www.ezlan.net/clean#refreshnet

:sun:

 

[imported_YogSothoth]

What do the lights on your router's switch indicate? I just had a 3Com NIC on my A7N8X Deluxe board go out, and the lights indicated 100Mb half-duplex, with collisions. I just added an Intel network card to replace it.