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LAN driver problem when switching mobos

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Processor Phenom II x4 965 Black Edition
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Software Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
I just took out my old ASUS M4A89TD board that was running a 1090t and installed an i7 2600k in a P67A-GD65 board. Everything boots up just fine and I installed the LAN driver, but it still refuses to work. It has an X over it and no connections are available it says. Did I forget to do something? Thank you.
 
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Even as good as Win 7 is, you should do a fresh install. Find room on your hdd to make a partition for a clean install. This will keep all of you stuff intact. Also, activation and licensing will have to be addressed.
 
always reinstall windows, dont swap boards like that.

and odds are you either didnt install the drivers, or didnt plug in the cable.
 
Cable is plugged in just fine and the driver is installed from the MSI driver disk.

So I should reinstall Windows even if I just changed my mobo?
 
Yes, please do. Even from P67 to P67, there can be issues; best to just avoid them all.
 
Never knew about this. Thanks for the info guys. Going to reinstall now.
 
If you take a look at a couple of my reviews, you'll see that there are many differnt little bits that make up a motherboard(I tend to point out all fo them), which can require different drivers, or perhaps those devices are connected to the chipset differently, etc...voltage regulation and such is different, and can be controlled by software in many instances...etc...etc...etc...

Get your Windows Disc on a USB 2.0 drive, and install times are much better than from an optical disk, which might make the process a bit less frustrating.
 
It's being installed on an SSD, so shouldn't be too annoying.
 
From USB 2.0 is FAR FAR faster. You jsut use something to make an image of your disc, and use the Microsoft tool(which you can get HERE) to put it on the drive.


Usually cuts install time to a third(8mb/s on DVD to 20-24MB/s USB).
 
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