"Windows does not detect any network adapters "
Device Manager does not show a network adapter on the list.
The motherboard drivers for the onboard network adapters will not install on Vista x64
A Linksys EG1032 network card will not install using Vista x64
Both the EVGA website and Linksys website's latest drivers will not install on Vista x64
An identical computer running Vista 32 bit has no problem getting online
Is there a hotfix for this or do I need to buy a 64bit network card?
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
What else in your device manager is not working? Usually if a network adapter is not working in x64, many other motherboard features are not working. I would recommend going back to 32-bit, if the other identical computer is working.
There is nothing else not working... no yellow flags anywhere everything on the motherboard works excellent. Just doesn't see any network adapters.. however upon installing the linksys card it appears but doesn't show any card connection.
but here's a good one.. just for kicks i did a virus scan and guess what popped up ... a Trojan ... so how does a computer that can't get online get infected?
me thinks dis machine is playing games vith me!!
I'm going to go buy a network card that is 64 bit compatible and see what happens D-Link i read has one probably a pci-e card.
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
I took your advice and reloaded the 32 bit version. No dice , same thing, device manager shows no network devices and any attempt to connect says no network devices installed. NVIDIA download of latest drivers doesn't help. in fact Windows won't even let me load the drivers from the CD that came with the mainboard.
This computer I am on is using NVIDA nForce Networking controller ver 67.7.2.0
The one that comes on the CD is ver 50.1 something ... obviously older and the one they offer now which is Digitally signed is 68.2 something and loads fine but does not install a network controller. Vista refuses to let me load any of the previous drivers.
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
Vista would not let me install the chipset drivers. The installation CD link to install the motherboard drivers just endlessly clicked, nothing happened. All the other stuff including ntune software on the CD loaded fine.
When the EVGA 590SLI motherboard was current technology two years ago I bought 2.The first one went into the computer I am on now, using Windows Vista Ultimate that I purchased at the same time as the boards..... two years ago. The second motherboard sat on the shelf till recently. The Vista Ultimate I was trying to install is current as of one month ago.
Is it possible that the time / technology factor might have been the cause of this aborted installation's problem ?
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
Yup ... force fed it the driver and it just yellow flagged it and still wouldn't work, but it showed up in the device manager finally!!
Update: same computer only this time I used a Western Digital SATA Raptor, 10K rpm, 150GB hard drive and a fresh install of Windows XP Pro 32 bit and it works just fine. . .
now if I could just get my hands on a 64 bit version of XP. . . . . .
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB)
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MSI GeForce GTX770 Gaming OC 2GB
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Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898)
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OCZ Agility 3 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0
For Vista Ultimate 64 bit there is no $20 NIC, in fact the PCI bus slots are all 32 bit so it would have to be a PCI Express card to be 64 bit capable, D-link has one and Intell has one. Frys wants $200 for the Intell 1000 pro and didn't have the other. That was the straw that broke the camal's back....
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
Are you sure your board is 100% x64 capable? Try uninstalling and reinstalling the Nvidia drivers. Add\remove the network drivers and management. Reboot. Reinstall just the network drivers. Don't reinstall the nvidia management tools.
Are you sure your board is 100% x64 capable? Try uninstalling and reinstalling the Nvidia drivers. Add\remove the network drivers and management. Reboot. Reinstall just the network drivers. Don't reinstall the nvidia management tools.
That, my friend, was not possible because Vista was not letting me instal the Nvida drivers in the first place, which contained the network controller, which is why it never showed up in the device manager. Vista was convinced that the drivers it had installed were better than either of the manufacture's drivers, old or new.
And yes I uninstalled the microsoft drivers first but when I would restart windows still chose it's drivers over the ones I wanted to install . The motherboard is an EVGA 590 SLI and according to the manufacturer it was 64 bit capable and everything else worked flawlessly.
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
Yes I followed the manufacture's guide lines for setting up the CMOS. Don't forget the computer I am using right now has the same motherboard and has Vista Ultimate installed on it and it works just fine.
Update: I reformatted the drive and installed Windows XP pro which had no problem installing the motherboard drivers or updating them AND went online as if it was born to browse. I think my friends copy of Vista Ultimate is the problem. Let's hope Windows 7 will be better. After all, XP was a vast improvement over ME. . . . right?
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
Yes those are the drivers i force fed Vista which led to yellow flags in the device manager. Remember this was not my Vista OS it belonged to my friend who lost all patience trying to instal those same drivers himself. I took the project on as more of a challenge just to see if I could get it to work.
From what I have read up on the subject Vista 64 bit requires special networking hardware which is not present on board nor on any linksys ethernet card. D-Link and Intel offer suitable cards but they are expensive.
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
Yes ,my friend I tried everything in every possible combination... I believe I mentioned that i was forced to disable most of windows in safe mode just to force feed it the updated drivers. That put the Network Controller on the device manager with yellow flags all over it.
I am coming to grips with the fact that an operating system has rubbed my nose in the dookie, I am not too happy about it but in the end I learned more about Vista than most people care to know.
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There are two computers which are almost identical the one using Vista Ultimate 32 bit has dual graphics cards in SLI enabled configuration. The Vista x64 computer is as described.
