Can onboard ethernet (nforce3) go kaput?

[spicetek]

Tried all the usual stuff.. reinstalling the nvidia drivers, deleting the old ones by hand, setting up the network connections again. But I simply can't communicate with anything any more. No packets in, no packets out.

Trying to disable the device or do much else with it causes a system hang (I removed it manually). Can onboard ethernet controllers just die randomly like this?

Any suggestions?

 

[hokatichenci]

Yeah I've had that happen before. The first thought that comes to my mind when checking for hardware problems is to boot Knoppix livecd or something else, typically Linux/BSD/non-Windows machines give better error messages. You should also check the cable and see if the NIC/switch are lighting up, also try a different cable.

 

[movax]

Onboard Ethernet controllers die more often then you'd think nf3 suggests that your motherboard is out of warranty, so time to go find a cheap NIC off the egg

 

[spicetek]

yeah the lights light up, ive tried everything.. it just dont connect.

damnit, can barely fit a another pci card in my box!