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Internet/Ethernet Intermitancy - MVF 1604

Bourne89
Level 7
I've had a slight issue since I built my new rig.
Occasionally upon starting up, I would have no internet connection whilst being connected to the router just fine.
It wouldn't resolve itself, however a restart cured it first time 95% of the time.

Recently I updated the BIOS to v1604. Since then the issue has continued as before.
However now, on some start ups, seems to be every other. It connects just fine, stays connected for hours.
Then out of the blue it drops and regains internet connectivity in a heartbeat. Like it just flashes off and on again.
Usually again, a restart tends to sort it out. Although I'm usually by this point, well into my gaming session and its a pain to have to reboot and start up everything again right away.

Any ideas on where to start looking or if anyone knows or thinks they may have a solution would be greatly appreciated, as I frankly don't know where to begin.
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nikosa43
Level 12
Hi Bourne89, the problem may be caused by lots of things.
I would start from Control Panel-->Administrative Tools--> Event Viewer-->Administative Events and check if there is some info in the Error Log.
Another thing is your Antivirus (dont know what or if you use one), but it can give you a real hard time if somehow is corrupted or thinks there is a threat, (it can use Firewall to shut all connections).
So you dont loose anything to uninstall it and use your computer a couple of days without one.

feniks
Level 11
same problem here, but only after I actually updated the NVM after I installed the latest gigabit driver 1.7.300 (which I did right after win8x64 OS install). magically it went away on its own after a CMOS Clear LOL which I had to do because of CMOS problems with multiplier lockup and unstable vcore ... Clear CMOS should help with lots of things we all currently stumble upon, until ASUS releases new fixed BIOS (in certification phase now as I hear).

also, if you are running the latest intel gigabit driver then you also are supposed to have the latest NVM firmware from Intel. link to update instructions is now on ASUS Support/Download website, under the driver update link. ... just don't forget to Clear the CMOS later LOL.
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apocalypzez
Level 10
.....huh???? I never seen this and mine working fine except sometimes it takes couple of seconds extra to connect during boot, which results in steam and origin offline. Anyways good to know,again, FENIKS, my man!!!! You seriously are all over asus/evga forum, eh??? Thx heaps bro!!

Btw, your pet dragon looks kinda bored....hahaha...
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apocalypzez wrote:
.....huh???? I never seen this and mine working fine except sometimes it takes couple of seconds extra to connect, which results in steam and origin offline. Anyways good to know,again, FENIKS, my man!!!! You seriously are all over asus/evga forum, eh??? Thx heaps bro!!

Btw, your pet dragon looks kinda bored....hahaha...


haha, I must be a Royal PITA for both companies for finding and publishing those quirks wherever I go LOL 😉 ... or both should pay me for this haha! 😄

and yes, when I was running latest intel gigabit driver (from asus downloads, it's same) without NVM update and I had the same issue with internet taking much longer after logon to connect (few seconds), while now (after NVM update and Clear CMOS) it is near instant, it's usually already connected before I even get to desktop (win8x64 here) ...
.: R3C0NF1GUR3D :.
ASUS MVE :: 3770K bench @ 5.2GHz (delidded) :: 2x4GB Mushkin 996990 @ 2400MHz CL10 @ 1.7V :: evga 670 2GB SLI @ 1280/7108 :: Mushkin Chronos 240GB SSD RAID0 (OS) :: WD RE4 2TB (storage) 2TB :: Hitachi Deskstar 5K300 2TB (backup USB3.0) :: ASUS VG248QE 24'' 144Hz monitor

My rig with pictures
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

I honestly realized that I recently spend way too much time rebuilding and improving my system, then benchmarking, improving again, then finding some quirks, updating, overclocking higher, benchmarking, improving LOL I stopped playing games like over a month ago!
now after you said it ... I need to catch up with my games and have a whole bunch waiting for me including some old series that I barely touched ... Starting with Crysis1 and STALKER ... I did find time to finish Metro 2033 and Rage though, was fun, but short nothing like my favorite Fallout series (still have some community DLCs to finish in both) ... ah ... and AvP still waiting LOL ... plenty to choose from I guess you guys soon won't see me for a while 😉
.: R3C0NF1GUR3D :.
ASUS MVE :: 3770K bench @ 5.2GHz (delidded) :: 2x4GB Mushkin 996990 @ 2400MHz CL10 @ 1.7V :: evga 670 2GB SLI @ 1280/7108 :: Mushkin Chronos 240GB SSD RAID0 (OS) :: WD RE4 2TB (storage) 2TB :: Hitachi Deskstar 5K300 2TB (backup USB3.0) :: ASUS VG248QE 24'' 144Hz monitor

My rig with pictures
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

I honestly realized that I recently spend way too much time rebuilding and improving my system, then benchmarking, improving again, then finding some quirks, updating, overclocking higher, benchmarking, improving LOL I stopped playing games like over a month ago!
now after you said it ... I need to catch up with my games and have a whole bunch waiting for me including some old series that I barely touched ... Starting with Crysis1 and STALKER ... I did find time to finish Metro 2033 and Rage though, was fun, but short nothing like my favorite Fallout series (still have some community DLCs to finish in both) ... ah ... and AvP still waiting LOL ... plenty to choose from I guess you guys soon won't see me for a while 😉
.: R3C0NF1GUR3D :.
ASUS MVE :: 3770K bench @ 5.2GHz (delidded) :: 2x4GB Mushkin 996990 @ 2400MHz CL10 @ 1.7V :: evga 670 2GB SLI @ 1280/7108 :: Mushkin Chronos 240GB SSD RAID0 (OS) :: WD RE4 2TB (storage) 2TB :: Hitachi Deskstar 5K300 2TB (backup USB3.0) :: ASUS VG248QE 24'' 144Hz monitor

My rig with pictures
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

apocalypzez
Level 10
PMed you, buddy!!
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Bourne89
Level 7
Thanks for the replies guys!
I'll give them a look and try out your suggestions tonight when I get home.
I'll update with any progress I have, or lack of 😛

apocalypzez
Level 10
Ok I just tried to update the NVM firmware that was downloaded from intel's download center but the report that was generated gives the following info:
"Execution report for Intel(R) "LVDASKU" tool.
Generated on Thu Feb 21 00:41:50 2013

1 Intel(R) device(s) were discovered.
1. Adapter #/Bus/Device/Function: (1, 0/25/0)
1. ID: 8086/1503/1043/849C
1. Branding: Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
1. MAC Address: 3085A993CD72
1. EEPROM size: 2048

This device matches the [match] section.
Value read from 776:20: C069
This is an 82579V device.
There are 1 device(s) that match the required inputs.
Of these, 0 need(s) updating.
This device's NVM/EEPROM will not be updated.

This device's Flash will not be updated."

So I am not sure how we supposed to do. I followed the exact process the readme file tells you.

Anyways, I also found that there is an updated driver version out in the intel download center. here is the link if you would like to try it:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/SearchResult.aspx?lang=eng&ProductFamily=Ethernet+Components&Product...

just select your respective OS.
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