Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller gone completely
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So, I got an HP about 9 months ago with a Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller built in. It's basically my wired ethernet adapter. I've had troubles with it before, drivers or something, not really sure, but I managed to fix them. Or so I thought. I got home today, and my computer had been shutdown over teamviewer by my idiot friend, so it was at GRUB. I went into my ubuntu to try and fix my graphics problem, unsuccessfully (it's a problem with proprietary drivers, i'll handle it when i get a chance) Anyway, I booted into Windows after a while, and had no internet. Steam wouldn't log in, nor would MSN, Skype, or Pidgin. My ethernet has been doing this off and on for a while now, so I did what I usually do. Disable it and re-enable from the adapter settings in Network and Sharing Center. That didn't work. So I went into the Device Manager to try something else: Change the speed and duplex. That's what fixed it from not working at all, thanks to the help of a guy from my ISP. That didn't work. But there was something weird with it. It had a yield sign next to it. For some reason I refreshed the list of hardware, and it ended up disappearing completely, as if the driver had been uninstalled.
I went to download a driver from realtek, but couldn't find it. It was on HP.com though, so I downloaded it. After running the installer, and doing what is apparently a repair, it tried to detect the card and cable, but it didn't find them. It told me: "The Realtek Network Controller was not found. If Deep Sleep Mode is enabled Please Plug the Cable." Eventually, I did find the realtek driver, like 15 minutes ago. I get the same message. So I tried removing and doing a fresh install of the driver. That doesn't work.
What do you suggest I do? Would removing, rebooting, and then trying to install again possibly help?
The first thing i'd try is removing the card, rebooting, replacing the recalcitrant thing, and then rejoicing!
Problem is, it isn't an actual card. The ethernet port is built into the motherboard. Anything else?
[QUOTE=akatosh;28482823]The first thing i'd try is [b]removing the card[/b], rebooting, replacing the recalcitrant thing, and then rejoicing![/QUOTE]
Yeah sure let me just grab my soldering iron and remove the onboard Ethernet controller
OP, try uninstalling everything to do with Realtek (from device manager, too), rebooting into BIOS setup, disabling the network chipset (if there's an option to do so), booting back up, shutting down, re-enabling the network chipset in BIOS, then booting back up. I'm pretty sure Vista and up have basic networking support for the Realtek ethernet line. If it persists, try a windows reinstall (drastic, I know): if after that it's still playing up, time to RMA.
[QUOTE=leach139;28482877]Yeah sure let me just grab my soldering iron and remove the onboard Ethernet controller
OP, try uninstalling everything to do with Realtek (from device manager, too), rebooting into BIOS setup, disabling the network chipset (if there's an option to do so), booting back up, shutting down, re-enabling the network chipset in BIOS, then booting back up. I'm pretty sure Vista and up have basic networking support for the Realtek ethernet line. If it persists, try a windows reinstall (drastic, I know): if after that it's still playing up, time to RMA.[/QUOTE]
Thanks, I'll try that now, I suppose. But I don't think my Realtek audio will affect it. Will it? And will a Win7 repair disk do the necessary work, or would a complete reinstall be needed?
[QUOTE=HALPMEIMDYING;28482864]Problem is, it isn't an actual card. The ethernet port is built into the motherboard. Anything else?[/QUOTE]
oops
YES! IT WORKED! THANK GOD!!
And, umm... thanks to you too, leach.
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