No network cable connected... grrrrr

[_Jimlad_]

Hey all,

after a little advise, at random times my pc will looses internet connection and says 'no network cable connected'. Trouble shooting basically says the same thing...... plug a cable in. It is quite rare, maybe once a week. a quick reboot and all is well, but during a gaming session with friends it will disconnect me. i have other devices and WIFI is fine. I am using a Google WIFI setup, with a network cable from my pc straight into the Google hub. I can't really replace the cable as it is under the floor boards. so i am thinking of getting a network card, as currently using the motherboard default one. does this sound like a logical step ? drivers are all up to date. If so can anyone recommend a simple card ?


MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk
Intel 12700K
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti Founders Edition
Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 32GB DDR4 3600MHz
Samsung 980 PRO 1TB PCIe 4.0 M.2
Corsair RMi Series RM850i ATX

 

[_Jimlad_]

Ok I will go for a cable swap first amd see if that is the issue. Just seems so random. Sometimes it's fine for a good two weeks for daily use.

 

[_Jimlad_]

i picked up a new network cable and replaced the current one, it was not a bigger deal as i thought pulling the boards up was easy enough, i needed to do a repair on a radiator anyway, so that's in place now. just need to wait and see if it happens again,

 

[_Jimlad_]

Cheers guys. I am pretty confident drivers are good. I have uninstalled, used the the windows ones as well as the intel updater.

At the moment it's been fine since Wednesday, fingers crossed. If it fails again I will pick up a standalone network card

 

[_Jimlad_]

well month later and no issues so it was the network cable