NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Issue

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Greg147

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Hi all,

I think this is a fairly common problem, but none of the steps in other threads I've found have seemed to help. I'll warn you now, I'm not particularly savy when it comes to the hardware side of things.

Basically, I did a system restore on a family member's laptop, and let Windows update the system pack once it finished. Once it had restarted after that, however, I couldn't connect to the internet, with Internet Explorer giving me the 'NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Hardware Error' warning when diagnosing the problem.

I've tried updating the driver from the Nvidia website, and the Device Manager tells me that it is up to date and working properly, but that didn't seem to do anything.

The motherboard is a AMD Sempron SI-42, with a Nvidia Geforce 8200M G graphics card. I'm trying to connected to a wired network running up to a router. Other computers using this router are unaffected.

Does anyone know what I could do to try and fix this? Like I said, I'm pretty inexperienced when it comes to sorting out internet connections and things, especially with laptops.

Thanks
 

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System One

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Please try this.

1. Click start...
2. Type device Manager...
3. Click show hidden devices...
4. Make sure there are no yellow flags next to and of the drivers if so update them...
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    a6530f Desktop
    CPU
    HP-PAVILION
    Motherboard
    M2N68-LA (Narra3)
    Memory
    8 Gigs of Ram/DDR2 PC2-6400 MB/sec
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
    Sound Card
    Intergrated Realtex ALC888S Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    LG W40 series widescreen
    Screen Resolution
    1600 X 900
    Hard Drives
    1 640 GB Sata transfer rating: 3.0 Gb/sec speed: 7200 RPM
    PSU
    300W
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    Mid-Size ATX
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    HP Multimedia Keyboard
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    Microsoft Wireless Mouse 5000
    Other Info
    Processor: AMD Phenom X3 8450 Operating speed: Up to 2.1 GHz, Number of cores: 3, Socket: AM2+, Bus speed: 3600 MHz HT3 (clocked down to 2000 MHz)

    Modem: 56K WinModem/

    Supermulti: 16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X Ram (+/-)R DL Lightscribe SATA Drive

    Menory Card Reader: 15-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader

    Media Drive
Hi,

Thanks for the tip. I've checked the hidden devices, but all of them appear to be working properly. Is there anything else that might be causing this?
 

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Hi,

Go back to device manager, this time remove the drivers when you uninstall the network card. Now run the Nvidia drivers set-up file & reboot. Doing this process will install the correct drivers, you should then be OK?

NOTE: -

Never install any drivers from the windows update service/ website for third party devices. It is OK for MS keyboards & mice but nothing else, as you have found out!
 
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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
I've just finished doing some reinstalls of Nvidia drivers, and unfortuantly, the issue remains. I can only think that I've done something wrong along the way. What exactly should I have been looking to uninstall? And how should I have done it? I get the feeling I might have just been uninstalling the drivers, and not the network card itself, which i don't really know how to access.

Also, how is networking related to graphics? That's been confusing me since the first time I saw 'Nvidia' in the failed connection diagnosis.

Thanks.

EDIT: After a few restarts, the connection seems to have been fixed. Thanks very much for the help, hopefully there won't be any more issues.

EDIT 2: Spoke too soon. After a few minutes, the screen locked up completely. I restarted it manually, and the issue has now returned.
 
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Hi,

AMD are now part of Nvidia, hence the drivers are now from Nvidia.

Please follow this picture, if not already done & my previous post for installing the driver.

: -
 

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My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
Lottiemansion said:
Hi,

AMD are now part of Nvidia, hence the drivers are now from Nvidia.

Please follow this picture, if not already done & my previous post for installing the driver.

: -
Click to expand...

Um... This is totally false.

AMD bought ATI years ago, but just recently nixed the ATI name.

Now Nvidia has, for a VERY long time produced chipsets for both video cards and motherboards.
Nvidia doesn't actually make or sell products. They make designs. They design mobos gpus for other companies to purchase and produce for themselves.

Now one of the chipsets made are ethernet interface controllers, ie NICs and theyre are bundle with the nvidia chipset, North and south bridges, and theses are the drivers that are needed, akas the Nforce drivers.

With intels new "i"sockets, Intel has cut nvidia out of the game, with the boards having all intel chipsets.. aka x58, p/h/x67.
 

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  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
Hi & thank you for putting me straight on the NVidia stuff.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP-Pavilion m9280.uk-a
    CPU
    2.30 gigahertz AMD Phenom 9600 Quad-Core
    Motherboard
    ASUSTek Computer INC. NARRA3 3.02
    Memory
    3582 Megabytes Usable Installed Memory (4 Gig)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS NVIDIA Geforce GTS450
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition 7.1 Audio (HP drivers)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2408 24.0" (Dual monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1200, 1920 * 1200
    Hard Drives
    3*500 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
    Plus 2x USB (160Gig each) external HDD
    BluRay & DVD Weiters
    HL-DT-ST BD-RE GGW-H20L SCSI CdRom (Bluray RW) Device
    AlViDrv BDDVDROM SCSI CdRom (Blueray) Device
    TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N SCSI CdRom
    Internet Speed
    40 Meg
Lottiemansion said:
Hi & thank you for putting me straight on the NVidia stuff.
Click to expand...

Hey, we all get wonky brain sometimes.... At the pace tech goes, there was a 73.9% chance my info was wrong/changeed by the time I hit the pst button.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Dual L5639 // i7 950 @ 4.0Ghz
    Motherboard
    Evga SR-2 // Gigabyte x58a-ud3r
    Memory
    12Gig Corsair XMS3 // 6Gig OCZ Gold
    Graphics Card(s)
    gtx 560 ti // gtx 260-216
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual 22" // Headless
    Hard Drives
    OCZ aGILITY 3, 120Gig + Seagate 500Gig x 2
    PSU
    Silverstone da700 // Corsair 520hx
    Case
    Rosewill BlackHawk Ultra // Antec 900v1
    Cooling
    Twin CM Hyper 212+ // Noctua NH-u12
    Other Info
    Acer 8930 laptop with x9100...
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