How come my ethernet card stopped working after I updated the driver?
by joshholymoses on January 22, 2013Q: Hello, i am using my wifi from neighbor to type this on my laptop but here i go-
I recently upgraded to win7 from vista on a used desktop. it has been working great all day with internetno probs at all. then i download all the updates, restart it, and its still fine. BUT, i downloaded 3 optional updates- one graphics update, a dell display in203om, and a realtek network PCIe GBE family controller update. after i downloaded and installed them, my ethernet completely shut off. i restarted the modem, the computer and disconnected and reconnected ethernet cables. modem says it has internet, but the computer says its a problem with the ethernet cable…can you PLEASE help
Believe it or not I actually have seen this before. To fix I had to roll back the driver. Try the following >
- Open Device Manager
- Navigate to the ethernet Adapter
- Right click on adapter and click Properties.
- Click the “Driver” tab
- Click the button to “Roll Back Driver”
You may be prompted to reboot the computer. If so, please reboot. Let me know if you have any luck with this procedure.
fletcha (Geek) says: on January 22, 2013 at 4:40 pm