Not sure what is going on, but most times when waking from sleep or first cold boot I lose internet connection. I can get it back by going to device managerm and scan for new devices.
I also notice it says I have a 82579LM chip when connection is lost, but when connection is restored it says I have an 82579V chip.
I tried the 17.2 drivers from Gigabyte's website then 17.3 from Intel's website and most recently 17.4 from Intel and they all do the same thing.
Any ideas what is going on?
-=Mark=-
ps, when I boot with no connection windows 8 sometimes reports I have an invalid copy of windows 8 and wants me to activate it. I ignore it and go to device manager and scan for new hardware to get my connection back and then windows 8 says it is activated.
Occasionally when I cold boot or restart (usually after deactivation occurs), I get the initial windows 8 frsh install startup screen about setting up my pc for first time use. All my programs seem to be unaffected, but not for sure about this.