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Yesterday, when I went into Network Connections in Control Panel and enabled the Ethernet feature (to use an Ethernet-based router), it disappeared from the Network Connection window. When I now look in Device Manager, there is an exclamation mark next to "NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet" under "Network adapters". The device status is "Windows cannot load the device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupted or missing. (Code 39)".
Driver details:
Provider:
NVIDIA
Date:
12 Dec 2010
Version:
73.3.5.0
Signer:
Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher
My system:
Motherboard:
GeForce6100SM-M2 (contains on-board Ethernet connection)
Graphics (as reported by Speccy utility):
GeForce 6100 nForce 405
OS:
Windows XP SP 3
What is the best way to fix the driver issue? I have a CD that came with my motherboard. However, I had this in December 2007, but the driver I have installed says 2010. Would it be okay to install an older version from this CD? Is a 2010 (or better) stable version available from any official source? Do I need to uninstall the existing driver first? I tried running Windows Update (www.update.microsoft.com) but it did not recommend any Ethernet driver. Also, I would like to install just the Ethernet driver, since my system appears to be working well and stable otherwise.
Many Thanks.
Just checked the CD that came with the motherboard. There is a LAN folder on it which contains NAMSetup.exe. The readme file says - Nvidia Ethernet Driver, v65.48, Release 22 Dec 2006. – Goto10 – 2013-04-07T11:31:04.937