Question drivers for network card keep crapping out on me...

[ragez0r]

motherboard Ramsta rs-a88
cpu.. AMD-A8-8780
16gb of ram

has a network card built into it as most modern day mobos do... but mine keeps going offline.. possibly due to my going ham on downloading.. either steam ,porn or torrents, not your concern.. back in windows7 if I selected "troubleshoot" the part where the network drivers are reset would fix it real quick.. so my question is, would buying a stand alone pci network card rectify the problem, in my current location.. only 3.50$... I'll order pci instead of pci e.. just in case...I use windows 10 fyi... I have the case it's side with side panel open for heat to escape... but I think the heat sink fan is blowing out the rear.. and maybe the heat is passing over the built in network card..... But a pci network card would be slightly away from the hsf... sorry it's a big change going from a arctic country to a tropical one, PC heat was never an issue.. the fiber optics modem is only 1 meter from the PC.. any of you think it's worth going to a pci wifi thing instead ?

 

[Ralston18]

Make and model modem? Make and model router (or modem/router if combined)?

Doublecheck that only one network adapter (be it wired or wireless) is enabled.

Other questions:

What source(s) are you using to download the drivers?

Are you using any third party apps or tools to download the network card drivers?

Look in Reliability Monitor for any error codes, warnings, or informational events regarding network adapters or other network references.

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt.

Copy and paste the full results here.

 

[ragez0r]

Make and model modem? Make and model router (or modem/router if combined)?

Doublecheck that only one network adapter (be it wired or wireless) is enabled.

Other questions:

What source(s) are you using to download the drivers?

Are you using any third party apps or tools to download the network card drivers?

Look in Reliability Monitor for any error codes, warnings, or informational events regarding network adapters or other network references.

Run "ipconfig /all" (without quotes) via the Command Prompt.

Copy and paste the full results here.

Modem is a 1 unit thing.. brand name echolife GP8816A.

For the ipconfig results please wait till tomorrow.. it is currently 0500 in this part of the world

And network drivers are whatever Microsoft decided is best after I pressed "install windows 10"

Windows 10 says no updates available and pressing "update drivers" in device manager does nothing and I can't find any network drivers updates on the ramsta website.. half of it being in Mandarin doesn't help either.

Already ordered the network card.. 5$us with shipping, can't hurt to have it around even if I don't use it...

 

[ragez0r]

C:\Users\chris>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-AJIQTS8
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-5C-00-8F-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-E0-5C-00-8F-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-5C-00-8F-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-21-93-A0-BB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::9581:af1d:b382:bada%7(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.139(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, 25 February 2025 6:19:12 am
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, 26 February 2025 6:19:11 am
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 570482721
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2F-47-9C-87-00-E0-21-93-A0-BB
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.100.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

 

[Ralston18]

On your PC, first disable IPv6. Determine if that makes a difference.

Allow a day or so.

The next suggestion will be to increase the DHCP IP lease time on the router. Technically not an issue but short lease times can be problematic.

Current lease time is 24 hours. Increase to a week.

The next step will be to change the DNS servers to Google at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

Keep track of what you do and when.

If nothing helps then hopefully the new network card will work.

For the record: What make and model network card did you order? Specs? Source?

 

[ragez0r]

On your PC, first disable IPv6. Determine if that makes a difference.

Allow a day or so.

The next suggestion will be to increase the DHCP IP lease time on the router. Technically not an issue but short lease times can be problematic.

Current lease time is 24 hours. Increase to a week.

The next step will be to change the DNS servers to Google at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

Keep track of what you do and when.

If nothing helps then hopefully the new network card will work.

For the record: What make and model network card did you order? Specs? Source?

well im in Asia now.. so naturall ipv6 would be on by defeault.. buy its off on both ethernet and the usb wifi dongle... and im taking a screenshot of the lazada order of the network card (lazada is a local clone of amazon.but more fun because its all from China and cheap AF....
brand is Kebidumei 2.5G PCI-E to RJ45 network card RTL8125B chip gigabit etc. etc.. speed is i believe 2500 Mbps.. which is as likely as michael jackson actually moonwalking on the freaking moon... everything advertised from china can apperantly cure cancer and your headache.. and.. NO.. im not being racist.. i.... hate everyone equally...

prefered dns set to 8 8 8 8.. and alternate set to 8 8 4 4

 

[bill001g]

So short version. That card will work fine it is using a common realtek chip and will likely run at 2.5g. This is cheap thing to try when you think your ethernet port in the pc is bad.

Longer version I wrote first that explains why.
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In general these cheap network boards are fine. The hard part is the design of the board and the manufacturing of the actual chips. Key here is all the card function is being done by a chip designed by realtek. Companies like realtek provide a sample/reference design for a board along with the chips specifications.

You then get another company that makes the boards to the sample designs and buy the chips from other companies and puts them on the boards. This company basically just follows the instructions they do not generally design anything. They might decide on the color of the heatsink or the way the printing is done on the board.

Next you get companies like "kebidumel". Hard to say for sure but in most cases this is just a guy with money who resells stuff. He pays the last company to make the board and put his name on it. This is why you see many boards that look identical since the company that manufactures them is just stamping a different name on them.

The only concern would be is if the company advertises one thing and the board they sell you is something different. Not so much a concern on very cheap stuff. The chips themselves are very cheap all the costs are in manufacturing and shipping all the parts between countries. If it was a video card then you worry a bit more.

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[ragez0r]

ethernet borked as soon as i turned on the pc... (steam is a startup thing...so it must of continued download of a large game)... my internet speed is 20 mbits i think... looking at steam now.... (connected through the usb wifi dongle.. ).. im currently downloading 6.33 megabytes per second...

 

[ragez0r]

So short version. That card will work fine it is using a common realtek chip and will likely run at 2.5g. This is cheap thing to try when you think your ethernet port in the pc is bad.

Longer version I wrote first that explains why.
..............
In general these cheap network boards are fine. The hard part is the design of the board and the manufacturing of the actual chips. Key here is all the card function is being done by a chip designed by realtek. Companies like realtek provide a sample/reference design for a board along with the chips specifications.

You then get another company that makes the boards to the sample designs and buy the chips from other companies and puts them on the boards. This company basically just follows the instructions they do not generally design anything. They might decide on the color of the heatsink or the way the printing is done on the board.

Next you get companies like "kebidumel". Hard to say for sure but in most cases this is just a guy with money who resells stuff. He pays the last company to make the board and put his name on it. This is why you see many boards that look identical since the company that manufactures them is just stamping a different name on them.

The only concern would be is if the company advertises one thing and the board they sell you is something different. Not so much a concern on very cheap stuff. The chips themselves are very cheap all the costs are in manufacturing and shipping all the parts between countries. If it was a video card then you worry a bit more.

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well lucky for me, im a amd guy so if i dont see sparks when i boot up. i know its fake
and ive been deployed to the Philippines for nearly 2 years... im fully aware of how China functions... 1 company makes it.. and 10 other companies buy the mold and paint their name on it..... ...
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i think 2500 mbits is 300 mbytes.. should be sufficient to run all that.... ... i switched the direction of the cpu fan to blow the other way thinking it was blowing heat onto that component of the mobo.. and it simply didnt spin.. so without wasting time i switched to the stock heatsink that came with the motherboard.. (red fan)... at least no more pesky rgb.... so now the heat is being blown out the case since its lying on its side... .. but 5 mintues after booting up.. its jumped to wifi... .. so motherboard is faulty ??? ramsta RS-A88MP.. its kinda like the famous b450 board made for fm2...

 

[Ralston18]

Regarding:

"but 5 mintues after booting up.. its jumped to wifi... .. so motherboard is faulty"

I do not understand.

Are you saying that you start with Ethernet (wired) and after 5 minutes then the computer jumps/changes to wifi (wireless)?

Or do you mean the heat and temperatures?

For the most part, having the case on its' side to begin with is a flag of sorts. Very likely the intended airflows etc. are as they were intended or should be.

At this point I will add the suggestion to check the PSU. Use a multi-meter to check the output voltages.

Could be a voltage problem.

https://www.lifewire.com/how-to-manually-test-a-power-supply-with-a-multimeter-2626158

Any voltages out of tolerance would be another flag.