Z87X-OC Lan port stopped working.

[Too Tall]

Hi guys.

Having some issues with my Ethernet port on my Z87X-OC which was purchased from OCUK.

Everything is working fine apart from the Ethernet port has randomly stopped working.

I went to turn the pc on this evening and there is no ether net connection available, it is showing in device manager but has the yellow exclamation next to it. It was working this morning but has stopped randomly.

I have no hardware changes or software since it stopped working.

I have uninstalled the drivers, reinstalled. Reset the bios and re-flashed it. I have checked all connections on the motherboard and all seems fine. I have also disabled and re-enabled it in the bios.

I have checked the lan connection and the issue is not there as I get internet connectivity through the cable when my laptop is connected.

One other point of note there are no flashing LED's on the lan port on the rear of the motherboard either.

Any ideas?

 

[bledd]

What does it say in Device Manager, the exclamation mark will be explained in there..

If you can't get it working with driver updates, check no services have failed at startup.

To rule out a hardware problem, run a live Linux cd and test the internet on that..



Linux Mint is a great one to try, or if you want a smaller one, download Slax. http://www.slax.org/download/7.0.8/slax-English-UK-7.0.8-i486.iso

Use IMGBurn to burn the ISO to a CD, or use Rufus to make a bootable USB stick of it.

 

[Too Tall]

Bledd, cheers for the advice.

ran the Linux live cd and it worked, booted back into windows and its working again there too.

Weird!