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Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20) WORKS..... Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller DOESN'T WORK.

Anonymous
2015-11-26T23:45:35+00:00

Hi, I recently reinstalled windows 7 and have been able to have internet access while running the old Ethernet driver/controller but if I update to the GBE Family controller it works but it doesn't connect to my modem and on the back of my PC it doesn't show any of the lights.

I've gone back and forth between both without reinstalling windows just restoring back to the one that works and each time it worked so I'm pretty sure it's the updated controller not working with my Motherboard?

My main problem with this is I decided to upgrade to windows 10 and doing this updated to that driver and I couldn't find a way back to the old one so I had internet and I ended up restoring back to Windows 7 with the old Ethernet driver.

I've tried the solutions of turning Green Ethernet (EEE) off in the advanced settings of the Adapter and turned off the "Allow this computer to turn this device off to save power"

Is there any way I am able to get the adapter to work with internet while running windows 10?

Motherboard: GA-890GPA-UD3H (rev 2.1) http://www.gigabyte.com.au/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3516#ov

CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1100T Processor Black edition

GPU: GeForce GTX 970

Ram: 8gig

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-11-28T14:35:48+00:00

    A new network card is not that expensive -- like $20 or so.  Should be easy to install and will likely solve your problem.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-27T14:37:32+00:00

    You are unlikely to ever get Windows 7 running again properly.  Best solution is a complete re-install of Windows 7.

    http://www.canadiantech.info/for-techies/re-build-windows-7/

    Re-build Windows 7

    If you are going to do a re-install, you may be able to take your data off first.  Remove the hard drive and put it into a USB external drive housing.  Connect to a working PC, copy the data off.

    Always check to ensure the hard drive you are about to rebuild is actually sound from a hardware perspective.  Download and run your hard drive manufacturer’s drive testing software.

    Takes a lot of time, but not all attended time.

    1. Factory restore — replaces everything on the hard drive with exactly what it had on it when you bought it
    2. “Upgrade” install using the Win7 install disk.  You start as if you are re-installing from scratch but when it gets to the point where it offers the Upgrade choice you choose that.
    3. Full Clean install.  The only absolutely sure way to have a perfectly clean system.

    You will need a Win7 install disk for 2 or 3.  You will need a legal product code for 3 and the win7 disk must match the edition of the code and its bitness (32 or 64).  If you do not have the original Windows 7 install disk, borrow one from a friend.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-11-27T14:29:44+00:00

    Hi,

    Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

    This could be due to incompatibility of the network adapter in Windows 10. If you think it is the updated driver, you may also want to check visit the computer manufacturer's website to ensure it is updated driver.

    If that also does not solve the issue, you may try installing the same driver in compatibility mode for previous version of Windows while running Windows 10.

    a. Right click the driver installation file and select Properties then tap or click the Compatibility tab.

    b. Place a check in the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.

    c. Tap or click the drop down box and select a previous operating system, then tap or click OK.

    d. Try installing the driver and check.

    You may refer to: **Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows** (information holds good for Windows 10 as well)

    Hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to reply in case you face any other issues with Windows in future.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-28T06:04:47+00:00

    I will see what I can do with this. But I have the disk that came with the motherboard and upgrading the lan driver even from that disk would do the same thing and not work. Same with the drivers I downloaded from many sights and different versions. I guess for now all I can do is stay on Windows 7 and wait until I can get a new motherboard or try a network card.

    Thank you.

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