PC refuses to sync at 1Gbps??

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Hi folks,

Any thoughts on this one?

Mobo is an Asus P5B Deluxe WiFi/AP with dual onboard GB lan ports. With the latest drivers these sometimes sync at 1Gbps but after a reboot drop to 100Mbps. Forcing 1Gbps results in no network connectivity.

Bought a D-Link DGE-528T which when I first plugged it in connected at 1Gbps, now it refuses to connect at anything over 100Mbps.

What can be the problem? My Acer Revo always connects at 1Gbps as does my PS3. There's 2 netgear Gigabit switches on the network as well as an O2 router.

I'm not using DHCP for any of these.

OS is Win XP Pro SP3.

Getting a tad sick of it now :( Means very slow transfers between the server and PC.

Any thoughts on this?

Cheers!

Paul.
 
Oddly enough it never even occurred to me. I make my own cables but even with premade ones it's never worked consistently but I'll give it a go. Cheers!
 
Nope not the problem. Everything else going into the switch shows as 1Gbps.

Swapped cable last night and stayed at 1Gbps, in fact it had negotiated this before starting Windows. However this morning no joy, refuses to connect at anything beyond 1Gbps.

I really don't get it.
 
Already tried setting to 1000Mbps full duplex. The D-Link card actually sets itself as 100Mbps even when you try and force it.

I now have an Intel Pro/1000CT on the way to try a really good card.

I have noticed that Eset loads a driver against each network card as part of it's firewall but not sure if that's it or not.
 
Well Eset have sent me their Safe Mode uninstaller as I'm having another issue anyways. Going to wait until my Intel NIC arrives.
 
Sin_Chase said:
Nope.

Cat5e will do 1Gbps just fine.

Have you tried in both Onboard NICs?
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Yep, it's really odd. I've had one running at 1Gbps which is why I sold the Intel NIC but they stopped again.

Will see what happens with the Intel card and a complete reinstallation of ESS.

If it's WinXP being odd then maybe when I get Win 7 in October it'll work ;)
 
Nothing wrong with the switch, all ports have been tested. Never thought about the live CDs....and I always go with the NIC manufacturers drivers from their website wherever possible.
 
Moley said:
Can you hard-configure the ports on the switch? auto-negotiation is flakey at best and I always hard code the settings where possible.
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With the onboard Realtek forcing 1000Mbps stops the NIC being able to connect and says the cable is unplugged, D-Link just plain ignores it and connects at 100Mbps. Switch is unmanaged, managed switches just for home are rather expensive ;)

As I say I'll let people know how I get on with the Intel NIC which should be here for the weekend :)
 
Just as an update I decided to remove the D-Link and try the onboard PCIe gigabit NIC. This, more often than not, syncs at 1Gbps, however not every reboot.

Frickin weird PC I have....PS3 and Acer Revo 3600 both sync at 1Gbps every time without fail.
 
Intel only arrived today so have to try when I get home. Also going to remove ESS at the same time....it's amusing they send you an extra uninstaller when you ask support as the standard uninstaller won't get rid of everything!

We'll see what happens this evening :)

As already said earlier, nothing wrong with the switch, all ports work fine, cable is fine...it appears to be Windows being crap with drivers so hopefully Intel's will be better!
 
Note to self.....just buy a frickin Intel NIC in the first place.

Problem solved, Intel NIC has no problem syncing at 1Gbps at all!
 
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