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Originally Posted by mike_sierra
This weekend the nic stopped also working on XP. Same situation.. no network adapter known also from XP.
In different forums i could read, that this is a claimed situation from several persons using this brand new realtec. The situation is always the same. Sometimes the network adapter is recogniced from the operating system after bootup and sometimes not.
I asume this new realtec is not really build and tested for the older XP and to new for most of the linux distributions.
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Hello MS, other forum members,
I am also experiencing problems with this.
I received my new PC on Friday 3rd July and installed XP Pro on it and have used that without any problem until I installed SUSE from the liveCD (KDE version) today. Initially, the LiveCD installation _could_ see and use the network card, but following the HD installation, neither XP nor SUSE could see it. A front-panel power-off and BIOS disable/enable of the card failed to cure the problem, and I thought my card was dead.
I carried out a mains switch on/off from the rear panel, and connectivity was restored in XP. As soon as I booted SUSE from the HD, I lost connectivity again.
This is just for information in case anyone else has the problem and becomes concerned that their card is blown - a _MAINS_ power off/on seems to clear it for me for XP (until I attempt to run SUSE).
I'll see if there is anything on the ASROCK site regarding this.
Regards,
Joe