Ethernet is not working after new windows installation on new SSD

[Tubby932]

I have downloaded the Realtek Ethernet drivers for my mobo, the 970-G43 plus. It still doesn’t work

 

[Colif]

So you got them from here? https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/support/970A-G43-PLUS#down-driver&Win10%2064 - drivers only 1 month old, would think they should work.

can normally go to the Realtek site direct but getting 404 errors on it currently.

Windows should have recognised the Realtek chipset on motherboard and installed its own anyway during installation phase, so something strange going on there. You shouldn't have needed to install them for Ethernet to work.

 

[johnbl]

depending on which version of windows you have, you might need to go and select the new driver to be the default one.
some setup programs will install the driver but not select the new driver as the default.
the setting is in windows control panel, device manager, find the network device, right mouse click, select properties, find driver tab, select update driver, select browse my computer for the driver, select let me pick the driver from the ones installed on my computer. often you will get a list of microsoft versions and oem versions.
often they will not have dates or build numbers on them so it is hard to figure out which one to use.

I generally use the pnputil.exe utility to remove the old versions and just leave the two most current ones.

you should run cmd.exe or powershell.exe as an admin and run
ipconfig.exe /release
ipconfig.exe /renew
ipconfig.exe /all

and see if things start to work.

Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller
you might find a update on the Realtek website (not working right now)
try this link, it should have a link to their website.
https://carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=Rt64win7.sys

I have downloaded the Realtek Ethernet drivers for my mobo, the 970-G43 plus. It still doesn’t work