Alright, I need a little help guys!

[x_6985381]

Here's the situation. Network driver for my 680i LT is no longer working.

It's done this to me before, I have just forgot how to fix it.

I've uninstalled all nVidia traces

Ran driver sweeper

Flashed my BiOS - just playing around.

Reinstalled motherboard drivers

Windows then installs the network manager from nVidia

It was working fine until it decided to do that.

I've reset almost everything on the computer.

I've uninstalled from Device manager the network driver.

Even system restored.

Heres what I'm thinking is happening.

Every time I install the drivers I get network connection #2; #3; #4

But I don't get the normal 'Network connection'

How could I delete all the networks

When I don't even see Just the plain jane Network connection?

Believe me I've been on this for now close to 3 and a half hours.

Like I said before it's done this to me before.

I just don't know why it decided to do it again, and how I would fix it.

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks TMN!

[mudmanc4]

Question, you said you flashed the bios, cool, going to exteemes are my favorite way to get back to original state ! I love it.

Then you said "you were fine until windows installed a network manager "  , can you extrapolate on this  ?

[x_6985381]

Sure thing, Vista installed the basic driver for the ethernet management, before I had the chance to install the drivers from evga.

I worked that out by disabling updates, and installing the drivers after disabling, still nothing.

It was working, seem'd too at least I lit up connected, and then after it installed the management -- back to cable disconnected.

I'm at wits ends right now as to what I should do.

I've tried installing XP on a spare drive, to see if it would work.

Sure enough I got a corrupt install, and the DVD Drive is beginning to show its age

and no longer is even being recognized, simply because two pins are messed up.

So installing another os, to see if it's just vista is out of the question.

I'm running out of idea, and it's really becoming a pain.

No money to buy anything right now.

So I'm pretty much up the creek with things to do.

Could it be a possibility the Ethernet port simply became corrupt/unusable?

[x_6985381]

Alright, this thread is now officially closed.

Seems that if you don't push the ethernet cord hard enough into my surfboard modem, you don't get connected.

I'll be right back, offing myself, cause of stupidity.

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[zalternate]

Cables are a pain.

The other day I flashed my modems firmware up to a new version.

I had the DSL light on, but no Internet.  

So I flash back down.

Nothing.

I flash again.

Nothing.

So I replace the phone line to the DSL modem and BAM, I'm back online.

Well at least I didn't brick the modem.      

[tommie gorman]

Alright, this thread is now officially closed.

Seems that if you don't push the ethernet cord hard enough into my surfboard modem, you don't get connected.

I'll be right back, offing myself, cause of stupidity.

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

Hey, shit happens. Eventually we all fall in it once in a while. 

[mudmanc4]

Alright, this thread is now officially closed.

Seems that if you don't push the ethernet cord hard enough into my surfboard modem, you don't get connected.

I'll be right back, offing myself, cause of stupidity.

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

I noticed myself that that can and will have an effect on the data transmission  :-P