Kurosh,
I'm having the same exact problem. Have you found a fix/resolution?
Thanks,
Sascha
"Kurosh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<0dbe01c38bb3$8a34d170$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Hi All,
>
> If someone can point me in the right direction, that
> would be much appreciated.
>
> Recently, a friend's integrated Broadcom Fast Ethernet
> 4401 adapter (ASUS P4PE motherboard) stopped being
> detected properly by Windows. It's been working fine for
> months, and I'm not sure if this has any relation to a
> network setting change I recently made or not:
>
> He has an internal network (using a broadband router),
> and three computers connected. He wanted to have the
> files on one computer (A) shared so they were accessible
> on another computer (B). I'm not very familiar with
> Windows XP, so I went to share the folder on
> computer "A", and it said that I should run the "Network
> Setup Wizard" to enable file sharing. I did that, and
> told it that there was an existing shared Internet
> connection (not on that computer). That seemed to work
> fine, and I was then able to access the files on
> computer "A" from computer "B" no problem. It seemed to
> work fine for a few days.
>
> However, a few days later (2 - 2.5 weeks ago), they
> started to experience a problem where Internet access
> (web browsing) wasn't working. As they left on a trip
> for 2 weeks, I just found out about it yesterday... they
> were able to get e-mail access a couple of days ago, but
> now there are two "?" devices ("Ethernet Controller"
> and "PCI Device") in the Device Manager under "Unknown
> Devices". Everytime the computer boots now, the "New
> Hardware Found" wizard shows up for the "Ethernet
> Controller". I checked / tried everything I could think
> of:
>
> 1. In the BIOS, the LAN adapter is "enabled".
>
> 2. Running the "New Hardware Found" wizard in default
> mode (allowing it to search for the right driver) comes
> up with nothing.
>
> 3. I checked the drivers included with the motherboard
> CD, and for some reason, the "Broadcom" driver wasn't
> listed (no ethernet drivers on the CD). The only thing I
> thought it might be was the "Update Windows INF"
> drivers. I installed that, and no change.
>
> 4. I went to the ASUS website, and downloaded the newest
> version of the 4401 Fast Ethernet Adapter drivers. When
> I try to "specify" the location (the "Windows XP" foler
> under the "Drivers" folder of the unzipped driver files)
> when running the "New Hardware Found" wizard, it still
> says it can't locate the driver.
>
> 4. It seems that these motherboards have two options for
> Ethernet drivers: Gigabit or Fast Ethernet. I opened
> the case up, and on the motherboard I found this chip
> label:
>
> Broadcom (R)
> BCM4401KFB
> RT0248 P11
> 67627 S
>
> By this label, I'm assuming it is the 4401 Fast Ethernet
> adapter. (there's only one driver zip file on the
> website for the 4401 in the P4PE motherboard drivers
> section)
>
> I'm starting to think it could be a hardware issue, but
> they've asked the person who they bought the computer
> from to look at it, and he's not sure yet. He thinks it
> might be Windows corruption. Is there a definitive way
> to figure out what the problem is? Any ideas on how to
> fix this?
>
> Thanks,
> Kurosh
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