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The first time I clean installed Windows I did get a message telling me I was missing a driver of some sort. I think it wanted me to put in a cd, but at the time my cd/dvd drive wasn't even plugged in so I didn't try. Somehow I got past that though and installed windows.
Not sure how to correct that if it is what's wrong.
I read one solution online where someone bought a PCIe card and as soon as they installed it, the onboard LAN started working again. I'm going to lose my mind if that happens lol.
Thanks, going to try this tonight.
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Unfortunately that didn't seem to work.
Microsoft PnP Utility
Adding driver package: e2f68.inf
Driver package added successfully. (Already exists in the system)
Published Name: oem23.inf
Total driver packages: 1
Added driver packages: 1
There's either something really weird going on with my devices (which I don't understand how that's possible after clean install), or the on-board controller or adapter somehow broke in less than 1 week of usage.
Have you opened up your computer and tried uninstalling the ethernet card and reinstalling?
I suspect that this problem is caused by the Gigabyte BIOS. If you simply unplug the power, wait for 15 seconds, then plug the power back in, and boot the machine, then enter the BIOS > settings page, you should see the Intel Ethernet Controller reappear at the bottom. This should solve the problem.