790FXT-UD5P ethernet issue

[Deamo]

Hi

i've got an issue whereby, in Windows 7 the ethernet connections onboard will only connect at 10Mbps.
Updating the driver to anything other than the vanilla driver in windows causes there to be no connection at all.
i tested XP, which happily connected at 100Mbps

I've tried 2 different network cables, both had the same effect.
Have tried swapping which port on the modem, again to no avail.
Also tried forcing the speed setting to 100Mbps, to no avail.

would be very grateful for any other ideas/ solutions???

[Deamo]

okay, oddly, it's now working..

previously i was running the F3k bios..
Last week i updated this to the F8h (beta) bios..
Just now i re-flashed the bios to F7.. and hey presto - the ethernet is now connecting at 100Mbps

go figure.   

[Deamo]

Now I'm back to 10Mbps again - this with zero changes since last night.

id' really like to know whats going on with thes daft ethernet ports.

[bofh1971]

if its not some awful auto negotiation putting you on Half Duplex 10mbps
then it must be a bug in the driver.

from your posts I think you tried setting auto negotiation to 100, but just check all the options in hardware panels.

[Deamo]

if its not some awful auto negotiation putting you on Half Duplex 10mbps
then it must be a bug in the driver.

from your posts I think you tried setting auto negotiation to 100, but just check all the options in hardware panels.

yeah, setting it has made zero effect, i'll have another look but i don't like my chances.
Windows's driver is what i've come to suspect aswell... really annoying that i can't install an up-to-date driver.
all else fails, i'll get a pci/ pci-e network card and hope.

[Charlie]

Hi
I have the same boar, I don't know if this will help, my ethernet driver updated form the Windows7 would not work (was testing the 2 NIC for teaming), so I use the driver for the disk that came with the board and this worked out ok

GIGABYTE GA-MA790FXT-UD5P
AMD Phenom II X4 955BE
4GB 2x2GB OCZ-DDR3 PC3-12800 Platinum AMD Edition
HIS Radeon HD4870 Turbo 1GB
2 x 500GB Seagate 72000rpm 32MB cache SATA 3.0GB/s
Ximatek NRP-MC750 750W - 80 Plus
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit