Ethernet not working

[haha_yes]

After a massive upgrade to my computer, my Ethernet connection has stopped working. I have a netgear router (I can't find the exact model), but I doubt that's the problem as it worked fine before my upgrade. I installed an MSI B250M motherboard, and an i5-7600k. Every time I start up my computer I have the ability to do a google search, but that's where my internet capabilities end. If I take my Ethernet cord out and put it back in it will usually work after a few tries. All of my drivers are up to date, I have tried many admin cmd commands with ipconfig and netsh, scanned with multiple antivirus programs, and set up google dns but none of it is working. I'm just about at the end of my rope with this, I'd really appreciate some help.

 

[kanewolf]

Did you do a clean windows install with the new motherboard and CPU ?

 

[haha_yes]

Did you do a clean windows install with the new motherboard and CPU ?

I did not. Is there a way to do that without wiping my files?

 

[kanewolf]

Did you do a clean windows install with the new motherboard and CPU ?

I did not. Is there a way to do that without wiping my files?

Use a different disk. Otherwise, you have to backup your data. Most applications will have to be reinstalled. Downloaded games may still be OK.

 

[haha_yes]

Did you do a clean windows install with the new motherboard and CPU ?

I did not. Is there a way to do that without wiping my files?

Use a different disk. Otherwise, you have to backup your data. Most applications will have to be reinstalled. Downloaded games may still be OK.

I will try that, thanks for the help. I was planning to put win10 on an ssd at some point anyway

 

[haha_yes]

Did you do a clean windows install with the new motherboard and CPU ?

It's only made it worse. I reinstalled all of my drivers and Win10, but now the Ethernet connection won't continue to work even after I take it in and out.

 

[kanewolf]

You did a Win 10 install on an SSD. Installed all the drivers that came with the motherboard (or downloaded from the manufacturer's website).
Do you have an exclamation points shown in device manager ?

 

[haha_yes]

You did a Win 10 install on an SSD. Installed all the drivers that came with the motherboard (or downloaded from the manufacturer's website).
Do you have an exclamation points shown in device manager ?

I did not install on an SSD, I decided to do a clean install and just backup my necessary files. I downloaded from Intel Nvidia and Msi's sites. There is one question mark in "other devices" on PCI simple communications controller that I'm having trouble finding the driver for

 

[kanewolf]

OK. That exclamation point is a good indicator of your problem. You didn't specify which MSI model you had, but you should be able to get all the required drivers from their page.

 

[haha_yes]

OK. That exclamation point is a good indicator of your problem. You didn't specify which MSI model you had, but you should be able to get all the required drivers from their page.

I have a BAZOOKA b250m, I installed all the drivers off of the page for the board but the simple communications controller is still missing a driver

 

[kanewolf]

OK. What did you download from the Intel site? Maybe a conflict?

I also see "Intel Serial I/O Drivers" on the MSI page. That could be the missing driver even if you don't have an external serial port...

 

[haha_yes]

OK. What did you download from the Intel site? Maybe a conflict?

I also see "Intel Serial I/O Drivers" on the MSI page. That could be the missing driver even if you don't have an external serial port...

I initially installed the chpset driver from Intel, but I went back and reinstalled it off of the page for my motherboard