Question Ethernet Controller Turns Off After Shutdown

[saschacolussi]

My ethernet/lan controller driver wont start after i shut down my PC.
I have to go in to bios, turn my lan controller off, turn the PC on and go back to bios and turn the lan controller on again, then my lan connection will work and the driver will work.
After turning off the pc, the driver will appear disabled and i cant turn it on, having to go through the process again.

Windows 10 Pro 21H2 19044.2130
MSI B450 Tomahawk Max ii
Ryzen 5600

Latest Bios Update
Realtek PCIe Controller 10.59.425.2022

 

[The Paladin]

well if you have to reset the setting in bios, it strongly suggests you have a motherboard issue specifically the ethernet chipset.
since it s long past its warranty time, I suggest spending 15$ and getting a Gigabyte network card and using that one and leaving the onboard one disabled

 

[saschacolussi]

I don’t think so, I saw another post here of a guy that had similar symptoms as me, and since the OS recognizes the Ethernet sometimes, I think it’s probably some faulty driver or something.

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