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Old 05-24-2007   #4 (permalink)
dean-dean


 
 

Re: Microsoft Update 22nd May for Realtek RTL8139 Ethernet NIC Card

Ooops. The RTL8139 series download is here:

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...&GetDown=false

Their latest version is 6.103.123.2007 (2007/4/26) for Vista.

"Stuart Forshaw" <stuart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Dean-Dean
>
> Thanks for the advice, however if I am not mistaken v6.193 is for RTL8110
> and RTL8169 not for the RTL8139 series.
>
> We have no problems with v6.101 so I think we will leave it for the
> present, we had a similar problem some years ago with AC97 drivers for XP.
>
> Thanks for the response, speak again.
>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
>
> "dean-dean" <dean-dean@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:ev2DVyhnHHA.1476@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I would get the latest signed driver (v6.193.430.2007) from the Realtek
>>site, found here (rather than using Windows Update):
>>
>> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/...Downloads=true
>>
>> For Vista, choose 6.193 (2007/5/11), under the Version column.
>>
>> "Stuart Forshaw" <stuart@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:O%2376mQhnHHA.1904@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>I hope this proves helpful to all.
>>>
>>> We received yesterday via Microsoft Update an updated driver for Realtek
>>> RTL8139 series ethernet NIC cards v6.103.126.2007, which we duly
>>> accepted, downloaded, reboot etc.
>>>
>>> However we noticed that connection to the internet was slow to say the
>>> least and downloads either would not connect or took for ever and a day
>>> to receive. Consequently we rolled back the driver to version
>>> 6.101.1124.2006 all appears fine again.
>>>
>>> Today we have had 5 customers contact us to say they had an update
>>> yesterday and now they either cannot connect or connection is very slow.
>>> On investigation we found that they had also had the Realtek download
>>> via Microsoft Update and having rolled back the driver in all cases,
>>> connections are now back to normal.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps anyone who is now experiencing similar problems.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Stuart
>>>
>>>
>>>

>>

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