A few months back my poor computer bit the big one or so I thought. There was a nasty lightning strike one evening and my isp provided modem and my desktop computer fell victim. Called my isp and they shipped out a new modem, computer got tossed in a closet. Fast forward last week, saw an awsome price on a new PSU (corsair CX430) $16.99USD on a black friday sale so I figured I through it at my old pc and see what happens.
Got it today and dug the old pc out, cleaned everything up and installed the new PSU. Low and behold the thing actually powered up. Yay me right?!?! Well.... sort of. It started up, ran through a check disk and loaded windows. Two small issues however.
Issue one: On board nic doesnt seem to be working. I tried to reinstall the drivers for it and I get an error: Realtek network controller not found. If deep sleep mode is enabled please plug in cable. Of course the cable is plugged in and I'm using one that I use for my laptop when I plug it into my router so I know the cable is good. Also the light on the back of the motherboard lights up and stays solid orange.
Issue two: (May or may not be related) When I shut down my computer from the start menu it powers down fine, but the motherboard stays on. The light on my graphics card stays on, my case fans continue to run. Windows seems to shut down fine, and my monitor powers off.
I am okay with buying a pci nic card (seen one on newegg for a whopping $10USD shipping include that had a tone of positive reviews), but if the issue with the mobo is un-fixable I'll probly consider just replacing the mobo altogether and saving myself the time and $10.
Gigabyte G41M-E2SL
Intel core duo E5300
4GB G.Skill ram DDR2 800
1TB Seagate 7200.12
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB
Corsair CX430
Lian-Li K58
Windows 7 Home Premium 64
Got it today and dug the old pc out, cleaned everything up and installed the new PSU. Low and behold the thing actually powered up. Yay me right?!?! Well.... sort of. It started up, ran through a check disk and loaded windows. Two small issues however.
Issue one: On board nic doesnt seem to be working. I tried to reinstall the drivers for it and I get an error: Realtek network controller not found. If deep sleep mode is enabled please plug in cable. Of course the cable is plugged in and I'm using one that I use for my laptop when I plug it into my router so I know the cable is good. Also the light on the back of the motherboard lights up and stays solid orange.
Issue two: (May or may not be related) When I shut down my computer from the start menu it powers down fine, but the motherboard stays on. The light on my graphics card stays on, my case fans continue to run. Windows seems to shut down fine, and my monitor powers off.
I am okay with buying a pci nic card (seen one on newegg for a whopping $10USD shipping include that had a tone of positive reviews), but if the issue with the mobo is un-fixable I'll probly consider just replacing the mobo altogether and saving myself the time and $10.
Gigabyte G41M-E2SL
Intel core duo E5300
4GB G.Skill ram DDR2 800
1TB Seagate 7200.12
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB
Corsair CX430
Lian-Li K58
Windows 7 Home Premium 64