ASUS Mobo Problem

[stevenriz]

Hi all. I have a few of these configurations, one of which isn't working. A custom PC with Asus P4P800S mobo which has onboard Realtek ethernet, onboard sound etc and winxp home as the OS. I have had this system built for a couple months now and was just about to finally give it a home when I tested it out and noticed the ethernet card not working. The light on the switch on my network had a steady blink telling me something's wrong. It is just a vanilla xp home install with just the device drivers loaded. that's all. I tried everything, tcpip repair, uninstalling and reloading the network card to no avail. It finally had a steady light on the switch but I could only get the default ip address 169.254.211.65.... So I went ahead and wiped out the system and reloaded xp home to find the same exact issue. I think for some reason the mobo ethernet device sh*t the bed. Does anyone have any other suggestions for me? I emailed asus of the problem but you know that takes 48 hours minimum. Thanks all!!
Steve

 

[JimInKS]

I'm assuming that the NIC is showing up in device manager as working...
Even if it isn't I think ASUS usually provides a driver CD with each motherboard. Try installing the drivers for the NIC from there.

You might also check the BIOS to see if all the integrated peripherals look like they are enabled properly. Might try reseting the BIOS to factory defaults.

If that doesn't work you could disable the onboard NIC and buy a cheap PCI NIC and try that.

 

[stevenriz]

Yes I updated the bios and did check each setting reverting back to factory defaults a couple times testing different things out. Sorry I failed to mention that. Funny thing, I had it all working and updated to SP2 it was activated with microsoft all through the network. How by sitting in the box for a couple weeks have affected it. It is in a cool dry basement. Oh well. Yes I can put in a cheap nic but I don't want to sell this with a bad nic.... ya know? I will wait to see if ASUS gets back to me or not and let you know. I even tried two different switches and cables just to be sure my equipment hadn't gone bad. It is strange indeed. I have never had a stitch of problems with asus.... yet...

 

[mainegeek]

stevenriz,

"The light on the switch on my network had a steady blink telling me something's wrong."

Have you power cycled your switch/router/modem?

 

[stevenriz]

yes sorry I didn't mention that, I power cycled the switch. I mean it is a real business network with a PIX, servers, dhcp and dns servers etc... You know how you just never have to reboot that stuff but I did try everything. Like I said I build a half dozen of these and this is the only one with a problem... I just don't get it other then there is a hardware problem.... thanks fpr the suggestions tho!!!
Steve

 

[pcs007]

stevenriz,
You mentioned that it worked until you install SP2. Have you tried to repair the TCP/IP? There is no harm trying winsockfix.

Regards