So I've been setting up a new Z490 Aorus Master.
All works fine with the exception of the integrated i225-v Intel NIC. This insists on switching itself off every time I boot the system. Working fine, reboot the system, all link/activity lights go out and never come back on.
When I get back into Windows, there's no network and checking the interface status shows a cable disconnected error which is clearly not the case. Disabling and re-enabling the interface kicks it into life until the next reboot. This is on a totally fresh install of Windows.
I tried enabling some of the network options in the BIOS, firstly the network stack, then going into the IPv4 settings and enabling DHCP. Each of these changes resulted in the NIC working on the next boot (although the link lights went on and off about three times during the boot process) but then it's back to failure on all subsequent reboots.
More concerning was that, whilst in these network options in the BIOS, it was repeatedly locking up on me, with both keyboard and mouse going totally unresponsive and I had to hard reset.
Not at all impressed here Gigabyte! Anyone else got one of these boards (or similar) and experiencing anything like this?
@GIGA-Man can you offer any advice/help/feedback?
All works fine with the exception of the integrated i225-v Intel NIC. This insists on switching itself off every time I boot the system. Working fine, reboot the system, all link/activity lights go out and never come back on.
When I get back into Windows, there's no network and checking the interface status shows a cable disconnected error which is clearly not the case. Disabling and re-enabling the interface kicks it into life until the next reboot. This is on a totally fresh install of Windows.
I tried enabling some of the network options in the BIOS, firstly the network stack, then going into the IPv4 settings and enabling DHCP. Each of these changes resulted in the NIC working on the next boot (although the link lights went on and off about three times during the boot process) but then it's back to failure on all subsequent reboots.
More concerning was that, whilst in these network options in the BIOS, it was repeatedly locking up on me, with both keyboard and mouse going totally unresponsive and I had to hard reset.
Not at all impressed here Gigabyte! Anyone else got one of these boards (or similar) and experiencing anything like this?
@GIGA-Man can you offer any advice/help/feedback?