VISTA with VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter

I'm useing a industrial PC with VIA EDEN 1.2Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 40GB HDD, and a
VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter, with Vista Business SP1. When the PC
first boots, it connects to the network with a problem, untill I try to
access the network, or do any type of windows updates? it then drops the
connection - not completely i still have the monitors in the sys tray but no
globe? it says i have local connection only, but i cant access or network?
if I re-boot then everything works again for a short period of time. I've
tryied different updates for the NIC and I've tryed 2 different hubs, a
direct line to the internet and different RJ45 network cables? I've anyone
has any ideas that may help that would be great!

Thanks.

Matrix wrote:

> I'm useing a industrial PC with VIA EDEN 1.2Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 40GB HDD, and a
> VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter, with Vista Business SP1. When the PC
> first boots, it connects to the network with a problem, untill I try to
> access the network, or do any type of windows updates? it then drops the
> connection - not completely i still have the monitors in the sys tray but
> no globe? it says i have local connection only, but i cant access or
> network?
> if I re-boot then everything works again for a short period of time. I've
> tryied different updates for the NIC and I've tryed 2 different hubs, a
> direct line to the internet and different RJ45 network cables? I've
> anyone has any ideas that may help that would be great!

You should post this in one of the Vista newsgroups (hardware or networking
for ex.) for more ideas since this one is for Windows XP.

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups

The VIA Rhine is usually onboard. Since your machine is apparently an older
one that you upgraded to Vista (40GB is really small for Vista and 1GB
isn't enough RAM), I wonder if you installed Vista drivers for your
motherboard and other hardware when you did this. If you didn't do this (or
drivers aren't available because the hardware is old) then that is your
problem. See below for general drivers information. If everything is
working as well as it can on this machine (which I would never have
upgraded based on the few specs you provided), then put in a new PCI NIC
that is known to work with Vista. A new NIC costs under $20.

Never get drivers from Windows Update. Get them from:

1. The device mftr.'s website; OR
2. The motherboard mftr.'s website if hardware is onboard; OR
3. The OEM's website for your specific machine if you have an OEM computer
(HP, Dell, Sony, etc.).

Read the installation instructions on the website where you get the drivers.

To find out what hardware is in your computer:

1. Read any documentation you got when you bought the computer.
2. If the computer is OEM, go to the OEM's website for your specific model
machine and look at the specs (you'll be there to get the drivers anyway)
3. Download, install and run a free system inventory program like Belarc
Advisor or System Information for Windows.

http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html - Belarc Advisor
http://www.gtopala.com/ - System Information for Windows

Malke
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