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Another 'No Intel[R] Network Adaptor Present', but with a twist
Hello,
This is the basic history of events:
Yesterday, my existing motherboard failed -an old Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L variant, running a Core2Duo E8400. I researched and bought a Gigabyte GA-H270-HD5, with an Intel G4650 CPU & 4GB RAM.
After setting the hardware up, I connected the SSDrive with the existing OS -W10 32bitPro. It was the free upgrade from W7 Ultimate. I thought I would have to reinstall from scratch, as the mobo's info stated it was compatible with the 64bit variant only. Well, it booted up & everything was working fine. Guess you figured I'm not in the IT industry:)
Today, I thought I would install W10 64bit to test, as my hardware was now compliant. I installed it onto another SSD I had bought for another PC, but didn't use. I installed the international version of W10 64bit, & all was good; except...I am not able to install the LAN drivers -either from direct download, off the mobo's support page- or from the driver's DVD. Both times its states 'no Intel [R] network adaptor is present'. I am on my second attempt at installing the OS, so don't see how it is a misconfigured issue from installation.
The primary OS connects to the internet just fine. The strange thing is the old mobo used a Realtek RTL8111B chip. In network adaptor properties, it states it is an "Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I219-V" . I have not made any alterations or reinstalls of drivers, etc. since the hardware upgrade. The only thing done was by Microsoft to remotely reactivate the OS -the original 32bit OS.
So I'm not sure where to go from here? Any thoughts? Thanks. If possible, would it be possible to keep any suggestions in the dumb & dumber category of explanation, as I'm not the most literate of IT-speak.
Thanks in advance to any & all suggestions.