Problems with LAN slow to connect on P67A-D3-B3

[snadge]

I have Gigabyte P67A-D3-B3 with Core-i5 2500k etc

my problem is this: occasionally the LAN will all of a sudden take approximately 64 seconds too connect to my router (Netgear DG834GT) - to fix this i have to uninstall driver, reboot and re-install driver... it works fine... it seems to happen when I install/uninstall stuff...wierd I know, could be coincidence - it happened first after installing windows upsdates (none of which were LAN drivers) then when I uninstalled Office 2010 it happened again - ive just uninstalled RealTemp and few other things and again its doing it...  I will re-install the drive and it will connect within 2-3 seconds once windows is loaded which is what I would expect... there is nothing wrong with the router as it works just fine afterwards and other PC's are fine with it... when i ask windows to diagnose after its happened it says theres a problem with my router/modem but thats rubbish...

does anyone else have problems with this ethernet port?

ive tried different cables
ive tried different ports
ive rebooted the router
all to no avail

its very annoying as i have an SSD and windows is loaded within 15 seconds but i have to wait 1 minute before i can load a webpages?

[Dark Mantis]

Hi

I would suggest removing the Renesas driver completely and then do a fresh install of the newest version.

[snadge]

thanks for the reply...

what is the Rensas driver?
- this board runs on a Realtek Gigabit LAN driver and i have fresh installed it many times, like I say it will work for a bit... probably until I uninstall something, update windows

[Dark Mantis]

The actual chip that does the work is the Renasas D720200 and the driver for that is what I am suggesting removal and re-installation. Total removal is necessary first though.

[snadge]

how do i do this?

[Dark Mantis]

Well first go to the website and download the latest Renesas driver for your board and save it on your hard drive. Then download driverclean or something similar and use that to remove all traces of the old driver files. You can then go to where you downloaded the LAN drivers earlier and install them.

[snadge]

I have not installed a Renasas driver and nor is there one on the website for my board to download?  Realtek Driver only for LAN

[Dark Mantis]

No sorry my bad I was thinking of the USB3 not the LAN. Too many things going on at once. 

Anyway the idea is the same complete removal of the LAN drivers and then a clean install.

My apologies.

[snadge]

like I said in original post ive already done tis several times...it fixes the problem.. but the later on or tomorrow or when I uninstall something it will reset - ive a feeling its related to USB and USB hard-drive as sometimes windows takes longer to shutdown and when i pull out USB drive it shutsdown... and once when LAN was taking its 64 secs to connect I pulled out USB hard-drive and it worked but dunno if it was at 64 seconds and just coincidence

[Dark Mantis]

Well just in case it has got something to do with the USB controller/ports it might be a good idea to do what I suggested first anyway. It does give some funny faults at times.

[snadge]

mmm i only installed USB3.0 and not connected to it...

anyway, ive reinstalled all drivers already and it still happens

[snadge]

its just done it again after I made changes in the BIOS (setting multiplier)

im tempted to ditch this crap board cos also the Vcore adjustment is missing

[ex58]

Try this  new Beta BIOS :
 P67A-D3-B3 - F4d

[snadge]

is there a link to gigabyte servers? im dubious about using external links..its not my PC after all, iv just built it for my dad and im taking it up to him 350 miles away in scotland on Sunday so needs to be sorted by then

[ex58]

Then download latest BIOS from GB server (3 months old).
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_ga-p67a-d3-b3_f3.exe