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    Broadcom NetLink Ethernet on IFL90/JFL92. Is there a problem?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by Dirt, Jul 24, 2008.

  1. Dirt

    Dirt Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi,

    It seems I almost surly found the cause of BSOD's I've been getting past 4 month. Thirst I fought it was RAM or CPU problem, but nor linpack nor metest170 didn’t give any faulty results.

    After disabling devices one by one I finally came to the answer. The cause appeared to be the subj. drivers (or less possible hardware problem).
    I'm a bit paranoiac on updating my drivers, on almost every month check for an updates, and I some time on April a started getting those BSOD’s. The latest version on Broadcom's website (10.82.0.0a) - isn’t stable, the version on Compal’s web site (10.46.0.0) - also, but the driver from the original CD (10.9.0.0 ) does not. I remember there were some stable drivers between this; unfortunately I already erased them off.

    Maybe someone came across this matter and knows what latest driver operate stable?

    The BSOD's them self are extremely unpredictable, it comes from Graphics Driver has Failed and Recovered when gaming till random BSOD while normal work. But it most certain to appear when trafficking a lot of files through Ethernet (10 gb+).
     
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  2. Ayle

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    Have you tried the one provided in windows updates?
     
    Ayle, Jul 24, 2008
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  3. Dirt

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    No, I mostly avoid using those, MS is already good at screwing up their own software. :)
    But I can try.

    Edded later:
    No, there were no updates for the broadcom nic, but there were Nvidia drivers 6 month old and they don't even work. :D
     
    Dirt, Jul 24, 2008
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    At least you have tried... What about uninstalling the driver and the hardware in the device manager and redetecting it to see what happens.
     
    Ayle, Jul 24, 2008
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  5. Dirt

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    Then Windows installs drivers without any questioning at once. Maybe some driver cleaner would help, but unfortunately I don't know any for Broadcom nic's.
     
    Dirt, Jul 25, 2008
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    dlcartin Notebook Guru

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    Try this driver.

    LAN (Broadcom 5787M):
    10.62.1.2
     
    dlcartin, Jul 25, 2008
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  7. Wirelessman

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    Move this thread to the N&W thread ;)
     
    Wirelessman, Jul 27, 2008
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    sorry to ask but i too want to install a wd5000bevt in my compal ifl90 but the system says that the disk is not compatible.

    did you have the same problem?'


    best regards
     
    destvirus, Feb 26, 2009
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  9. Dirt

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    By the way, I found what the problem was; it was Kaspersky NDIS 6 service running in protocol list. I've unchecked it in network connections for each adapter and everything got fine and throughput doubled after that! ^^
     
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    i would like your help DIRT please
     
    destvirus, Feb 26, 2009
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    My wd5000bevt worked perfectly. When does it say that? You should create a new thread instead of necromancing this one. :D
     
    Ayle, Feb 26, 2009
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    Sorry, I didn't notice it was about HDD; no, it worked fine from the very start. Did you upgrade your BIOS?
    But theoretically it shouldn’t matter what the disk storage size is, every SATA notebook should be operating with it as normal. So I guess your WD blue line disk is the one faulty.
     
    Dirt, Feb 27, 2009
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