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wigz

wigz

wigz

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hi all. i currently have a asus p5b board which i think is on its way out. im looking to replace with a nice cheap board,

my specs are:
quad q6600 2.14 processor.
ddr2 800 mhz ram, 4 slots needed as have two sets of twin ram.
radeon 4890.
850 watt corsair psu.
xfi fatality champions edition sound card.
windows 7 32 ultimate.

just looking to upgrade to a board for these current specs, must have 4 ram slots in the board. hope i aint left no information out all help and advice will be appreciated thanks.
 
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well its a old board so dont seem to find drivers so well on windows 7. and when i start my pc it never finds my network adapter and i have to restart pc 2 or 3 times for it to find it. it used to find it first time every time. so i bought a network adapter plugged it into my pci slot and it works fine everytime when i start pc up. although sometimes when i start pc up its screams like a conflicting noise maybe with my sound card so i have to restart.
 
wigz said:
drivers so well on windows 7
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Hi wigz,

I think you have two problems . . . the first problem is if you let Windows 7 install it's own "Microsoft" driver for the onboard-LAN instead of using the proper ASUS onboard-LAN driver = weirdness! . . . the second problem is that the 3rd party LAN card you stuffed in is probably causing an IRQ conflict or similar with the sound . . .

If you go to the ASUS website and download the correct onboard-LAN driver for the ASUS P5B under windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit?) . . . then remove the 3rd party NIC from your PC, reboot, remove the LAN drivers for both the old 3rd party NIC and the onboard LAN drivers that Windows 7 installed, reboot, then install the fresh ASUS LAN driver you should find that everything works fine! :cool:
 
hi, i did look on there the other day for a lan driver couldnt seem to see one.will have a better look when home from work, thanks for the help
 
Hey wigz,

What's the exact model of "P5B" you have? . . . there is a few and I'm not sure if they all have the same LAN part? . . . I just checked the ASUS website and I couldn't find the older P965 boards via the main menu but instead found them here:

http://event.asus.com/mb/Windows_7/

On the above link you can find the product pages (and drivers) for most of the boards but still couldn't find the LAN drivers heh! :p

Reading the specs of the ASUS P5B-Vanilla(?) it says it uses a Realtek® PCI-E Gigabit LAN but reading the specs of the ASUS P5B Deluxe it says that uses a Marvell® PCI-E Gigabit LAN . . .

So we need to know

  • The exact model of board you have
  • The exact LAN part your board has
  • Version of Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit)
I would physically check the motherboard looking for the type of LAN part soldered to the board . . . you will see either a Marvell or Realtek logo and part number then hopefully download the driver direct:

Marvell Support
Realtek Support

I just remember I have a client running an older ASUS P5B-Deluxe who recently installed Windows 7 (64-bit) and he didn't have any LAN issues using the MS driver . . hmmm . . .

If all of the above doesn't work and perhaps your onboard LAN does have a genuine problem then try your 3rd part LAN card in a different PCI slot . .

Hope this helps! :cool:
 
hi there is 16 types of p5b mine is simply the p5b.windows7 32 bit ulimate.
my cd no longer works with windows7. but even when i was running xp i had problems
with the lan adapter even installing it from the motherbaords cd.
i have 3 pci slots as my graphic card covers one. leaving only 2 one for my sound card and one for the network adapter.the correct adapter for my board is a realtek. this board is quite a few years old even had to update bios to support quad core.maybe its time to upgrade to a cheap board that supports win 7 a little better. thanks for the help wayne was much appreciated.
the default onboard lan is a Realtek RTL8111B.
 
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just installed a driver for my onboard lan. its a driver which says supports win7.but cant connect to internet shows it installed fine in my device manager.its a Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20).just says unidentified network access. or local area connection2 doesnt have valid ip. but using my pci adapter it fires up to the internet fine.or even using my girlfriends laptop works first time aswell. so it can only be the onboard lan playing up, as it used to be fine.just started doing it one day all off a sudden, even after a fresh copy of windows was put on too.
 
wigz said:
the default onboard lan is a Realtek RTL8111B.
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Are you reading that from the chip on the mobo or device manager?

wigz said:
just installed a driver for my onboard lan. its a driver which says supports win7
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The one here?

wigz said:
it can only be the onboard lan playing up
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Yes indeed it may well be the onboard lan is bOrked but it could also be a driver issue?
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i have 3 pci slots as my graphic card covers one. leaving only 2 one for my sound card
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yup roger that . . . and you say the 3rd party LAN card works fine and the 3rd party audio card works fine except sometimes there is a weird noise when you boot?

wigz said:
this board is quite a few years old even
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Yup the P5B-Vanilla . . know it well!

wigz said:
maybe its time to upgrade to a cheap board that supports win 7 a little better
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Well if you deem the actual problem bad enough and you can't fix it then that would seem like an option . . . bit of a drag though . . .

wigz said:
thanks for the help wayne was much appreciated.
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No worries . . . not sure I would buy another board myself if I could fix whatever the problem was . . . :cool:
 
Big.Wayne said:
Are you reading that from the chip on the mobo or device manager?
its on the motherboard description box .


The one here?


Yes indeed it may well be the onboard lan is bOrked but it could also be a driver issue?
i cant seem to sort the driver issue it started to even do it on windows xp even from a fresh install and using the cd that comes with the board. but always used to be fine. dont know why it would do it using the cd.

yup roger that . . . and you say the 3rd party LAN card works fine and the 3rd party audio card works fine except sometimes there is a weird noise when you boot?

yeah sometimes screams and makes a weird noise.


Yup the P5B-Vanilla . . know it well!

Well if you deem the actual problem bad enough and you can't fix it then that would seem like an option . . . bit of a drag though . . .

yeah pain in the back side.


No worries . . . not sure I would buy another board myself if I could fix whatever the problem was . . . :cool:
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problem been on going for a few months just fed up with it, specially having to restart pc 3 or 4 times to make lan adapter work ( on board one ) thanks for all your help :)
 
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