No LAN connections available

[him_damian]

hi i am having this strange problem...
after rebooting my PC today, suddenly i couldnt find any LAN connection icon in the taskbar. I dont have any PCI lan card, using the onboard one.
i checked my network connections, and there was no Local area connection icon, only the 1394 connection. the lan cable is plugged in on the motherbnoard, and the port is blinking. Also the port on my modem is showing data transfer on.
tried reinstalling the drivers from my motherboard CD, but in vain.

Also, my BIOS is not showing anything about LAN connection in the on-board peripherals part. Thus i cannot check wether its enabled or disabled.

In the device manager, there is no other network adapter than the 1394 adapter, hence, the troubleshoot doesnt work.

i am unable to connect to the internet as i use the LAN to connect to it.


PLEASE HELP !!!!

 

[Hefemeister]

what motherboard?

 

[him_damian]

asus m3n78-em
with amd phenom X4 8550

and i just figured out the BIOS settings, on board lan controller is set to 'enabled'

 

[him_damian]

please guys, help me out with this

would be very thankful if it sorts out.
i would like to know wether i should just buy a new PCI lan card ???

 

[Hefemeister]

you could try a system restore and roll back to a date where it was working. Have you scanned for new hardware in device manager? There are no lan specific drivers for your board so unfortunately it seems the port has gone dead. Looks like a pci lan card is in your future.