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Unable to connect to internet (Nic Card light flashes)

I've just got a new motherboard (Asus Av8 Deluxe) and installed windows XP Pro. but the on board LAN will not work when i look in "Network Connections" it said that a line is pluged in even if its not. and no ip address is asighned to it.
when i try to repair the connection i get the error "Failed to query TCP/IP settings of the connection. Cannot proceed"
I also tryed installing the drivers that came on the mobo CD.

i also installed my old BELKIN PCI ethernet card witch windows found and installed but cant connect to the internet.
i cant ping my router and it dose not receive any packets or get a ip from DHCP. all it dose is blink with an ethernet line cennected in it.

DVation191

try installing this driver instead
http://tinyurl.com/5zvmo

btw, 'repairing' a connection only refreshes a dhcp request...it doesn't really fix anything

oAECo

ASKER

Ok i've tryed the driver you posted
but its still a no go.

Steps i used.

>downloaded
>uninstalled device
>restarted
>installed driver (windows detected onboard LAN)
>restarted
>no connect

Tim Holman

Windows XP natively only accepts signed drivers.
To install your mobo drivers, go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager, right click on the item in question, install..., then point it directly to the INF file on the disk.

oAECo

ASKER

ive tryed your idea tim holman but it still is the saem as befor.
i'm really getting desperate now...

abriggs1

Have you checked to make sure your Cat5 cable is good?

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Tim Holman

Try resetting TCP/IP -

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=299357

If at this point, things still don't work, then maybe a hardware compatability problem. Does your hardware show up on the Windows XP HCL ?

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hcl/default.mspx

DVation191

the only other time i've seen unexplained behavior like this was because of a corrupt winsock... try this program to fix it and see if it makes any difference...
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

oAECo

ASKER

well after i updated my BIOS my PIC card started to work...i'll have to work on the onboard later....