broadcom 57xx nic probs

Question

plz someone help me out as i am getting really frustrated with this problem.i have recently bought a dimension 8400 with all the trimmings and have a 1.5mb cable connection to the internet thru ethernet,the problem is after about 20 minutes on gaming servers it seems to lose connectivity.this i could handle but to get the connection back i cant just repair or disable the connection i have to completely restart the pc.i have used the updated drivers dell recommends (7.86) but it still happens ,is this a problem of the board as it is an onboard nic or could it be a driver issue..would be gratefull for any feed back cos it is driving me mad ...thanks in advance

milgo · Answer

I don't have an answer for you but i do have what sounds like a similar problem with the same PC/NIC card.  My problem is that the LAN card seems to 'go to sleep'.     I connect to the internet (2mb connection) using a network cable from the LAN card on the PC to a BT Voyager 2100 router.  If I leave the PC on but without an internet browser open when i then go to connect to the internet, the page cannot be displayed, also I cannot connect to the routers configuration page. Like you I have tried repairing the connection and resetting the router. Neither of thses things work.  I have to restart the PC to get the connection back.   Any Ideas would be most welcome.

volcano11 · Answer

jammeruck,

While I doubt that your problem is a power savings setting problem, you might want to check it out anyway. Open Network Connections and right click on the connection that uses your ethernet adapter. Select Properties, then click on the Configuration button and then on the Power Mangement tab. Remove the check mark next to "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power. If this doesn't solve the problem, you might want to purchase and install a cheap PCI 10/100 ethernet network adapter (they can be found for less than $10 these days) as troubleshooting step and see if the problem goes away. If it does, that would seem to point to a faulty NIC.

milgo,

Your problem is probably due to the Power Management setting. Follow the steps above. Note that in the future when you have a problem that is different, even though similar, to a someone else's problem, it is best to start a new thread, rather than replying to an existing thread. Trying to help with different problems in the same thread can get very confusing. Thanks.

Steve

jammeruk · Answer

thx for help took ure advice and tried it, but to no avail, have now installed A04 flash bios,rolled back my driver to 7.73 and the problem hasnt happened since(well not whilst being on the internet anyway) the only game it seems to be doing it with is americas army (seems to lose the nic altogether)..will be trying aa forum.

jammeruk · Answer

just managed to run americas army for nearly 2 hours online without any problems,not too sure what may have caused the nic going  down  but doing a roll back on driver b4 i flashed bios may have helped hope this helps someone out there with same probs...

volcano11 · Answer

Good detective work.  Let's just hope it lasts.   Steve

jammeruk · Answer

def seems to have cured the problem for me have managed to be on the internet without hitch now for 2 days could it be the power saving update in the bios flash that did the trick dare we think hope everyone else who has similar problems get theirs sorted aswell :mantongue:im well chuffed now

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