Is my pc dying!?

open the box
remove suspect parts
reboot
check through system

it will ignore the drivers cos the physical parts are gone
so it will have disabled it :)

do you have any access to spare bits ?
does your budget run to buying another NIC ?

My wireless nic isnt a problem it seems the problem is the on board ethernet controller. since its onboard I cant remove it.

*UPDATE:* I went to the Nivida website and update the driver for my onboard ethernet controller. As I was doing the update it restarted my pc just like it would do if I clicked "disable" on the controller in network connections. I found out this is a "stop error" anyway once my computer restarted the controller was gone! I guess the problem has fixed itself? but now I have another lol. As you will see from screenshot 3 the ethernet controller is now gone from device manager and from network connections but I have a network bus enumerator that is messed up?! I tried to update the drivers on that but it didnt work. what is that and do I need to fix it? Is my windows dying?! MLF suggested a bios update, do I need that?

http://www.antionline.com/images/ieimages/2006/06/3.jpg

Hmmm... First of all right click my computer > properties > advanced tab > settings under start up and recovery > make sure "automatically restart" under system failure is UNCHECKED, that way we can get widows to BSOD and get an error code...

After doing this try and recreate the problem if you want.... It will enable you to get a more specific idea of what is wrong...


Also, your nvidia network bus enumerator problem... I'm guessing your using a mobo with an nvidia chipset... Look at the version of the driver that you have installed for it. If it's older then this:

http://www.soft32.com/download_183252.html

Then try installing it... If nothing changes then just do a rollback...

Hmmmm,

Just as a general thought, problems can happen when you have a card AND an on board chipset. Check in your BIOS and see if you can disable the nVidia networking.

Basically you had a bit of kit fry whilst still connected. That kind of event can cause all sorts of strange things to happen. OK I have never had it happen with network cards, but it is not uncommon with video and sound.

:)

Reset the MAC address in the system's BIOS (if you are using the onboard LAN adapter).

I had a similar problem with my nForce3-based DFI motherboard some time ago where the onboard NIC would 'forget' its own MAC address and consequently cause any network-related dialogues (including the driver install dialogues) in XP to work very slowly with no end result.

It's a very unusual problem, and perhaps not what you're experiencing, but give it a try nonetheless.

Im at work right now but when I get home im first gonna try and download the link that Ducky provided (thanks!) and to answer Nihil's question. I have an onboard nvidia ethernet controller and an nvidia mobo. I also have a linksys wireless card to work with my linksys wireless router. f2b, I read your post but I was a little confused by it. do you mind going in a little more detail on how to do what you suggested? Thank you. Tyler.

Ducky, the link you gave me doesnt open. do you possibly have another?
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UPDATE: I went to the nvidia website and downloaded the newest driver for my mobo ( I think) and when I did half way thru the installation I got the blue screen and I got this: STOP: 0X0000007E ( 0XC0000005, 0XB7410761,0XF8AA5698,0XF8AA5394.NVNRM.SYS-ADDRESS B741D761 BASE AT B7413000. DATESTAMP 4253B853. Beginning Pysical Memory Dump.
I dont know what that means but it cant be good.

Im also attaching a screenshot of something new. In my previous screenshot the yellow mark was next to Networking Bus Enumerator. Now that yellow mark is gone from that and it is now on Nvidia Nforce Networking Controller. What the hell is going on?!

http://www.antionline.com/images/ieimages/2006/06/4.jpg

You have to give us driver details man... What version of the drivers did you have before and what version did you try upgrading with? What motherboard do you have? How far did you get in the mobo driver installation? What part did it BSOD on? I'm guessing when you tried installing the onboard NIC drivers???

Your not the only one who's having this problem. A quick google search reveals tons of people having the same problem with nvidia onboard nic's... The BSOD error code points the problem to the NVNRM.SYS file... You'll probably have to manually delete that file and install older nividia nic drivers...


If your still interested in the network bus enumerator driver, try this: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/win/37147

It's an older version of the driver but it's worth a try...


Bah, at this point it's just best to take nihil's advice and see if you can disable the onboard nic in the bios... Your not using it and a lot of people are having problems with it... It's not your fault, it's Nvidia not being able to get their **** together....

Also, if you have "nVidia Network Access Manager" listed in add/remove programs then uninstall it, it just causes system instability if your using the onboard nvidia nic...

BTW, I apologize if it's hard to make sense of this... I've been awake for 33 straight hours... again...

to everyone: I fixed it :) I tried updating drivers etc.... having lots of problems so I took nihils advice and disabled the onboard controller in the bios. seems to have cleared up the problem. thanx again for putting up with my parinoid postings lol :)