A8n32-SLi running Vista Missing Network Connection

I been using my laptops (macbook, X61) nowadays and haven't been messing with my desktop lately. Long story short, my problem is with the dual nics Yukon/Nvidia network cards are installed correctly but I only see the Nvidia one showing. I checked the bios, no problem. I know I installed it correctly because it worked before and it shows/list under System Information/network adapters... (Tab on the left) that yukon is installed. Does anyone have a suggestion or how can I remove it and reinstalled it?

(The Yukon network connection is not showing under Device manager or in Network connections window)

thanks,


A8n32-SLi
FX-62
80GB Raptor
2x 1GB DDR
2x 7800GTX in SLi
Audigy 2

Is the Yukon a seperate card? If so, open up the case and switch it to a different slot.

Not on the Asus boards it's not. If it was working and it disappeared, then it could be a hardware failure. Try booting a linux live CD like Ubuntu and see if it is picked up in there. Check your motherboard for bent pins, there could be a short of a jumper that disables the card there.

May have some bad news. Had the same problem with the onboard dual nics and dual raid. I contacted Asus and they basically said upgrade, they aren't going to support the AN8 for Vista. I've had so many problems I've gone back to XP.

They're suggesting an upgrade but you had to go back to XP? What was the upgrade?

Sorry, upgrade to one of their new boards, not an update. I got a BSOD about two or three times a day with Vista, it's rock solid with XP and I can choose both the yukon and Nvidia networks and the Nvidia and SI raids work flawless on XP. Sure it could be something else, in fact, I think the BSOD is related to the DIVX codec, but I'm just repeating the email, buy one of our new boards, that was their solution.

In many ways it is.

Sorry for the late reply back. I still haven't figure it out yet. I think it could be a "Vista update" problem they either updated my drivers or something. (I cant rollback either) Everything else works fine except the dual-nic, Yukon. The machine detected the card because it is inside System Information > Component > Network...... as detected

One of the hotfixes that came out this month fixed a bug in the TCP/IP stack, so that was most likely the culprit. Try resetting the TCP/IP stack by running this command:

Code:

netsh int ip reset reset.log

Did you recently install a new copy of Windows? Reformatted it any time recently? Could have been a bad install... I have been there before. Reformatted and it worked.

'food for thought.