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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-655 => Topic started by: kthaddock on January 02, 2010, 12:21:03 PM
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Hi all !
I have found this on other forum, maybe
this is a solution for some of you have disconnects.
I DON'T HAVE TESTED THIS MYSELF: DO IT ON YOUR RISK.
This solution was found in another forum. And it solved the problem for me. I am using Windows 7 Ultimate x64. And the constant network disconnects was getting bad, especially during steady downloading.
What you need is the nVidia Vista v15.25 (32bit or 64bit) motherboard driver.
64bit URL: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_vista64_15.25.html (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_vista64_15.25.html)
32bit URL: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_vista_15.25.html (http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_vista_15.25.html)
I ran into a problem immediately when the driver installer did not display the Ethernet menu item.
I had to do the following to get this fix to work. Note that it applies to the Win7 64bit version:
1) Uninstall any Nvidia Ethernet drivers.
-- Reboot.
--the Windows 7 default ethernet drivers get installed in their place
--verify and note down the filename of the Network Adapter driver filename that Windows 7 uses.
2) Do the following:
--go to the location where the Nvidia installer unzipped the v15.25 files on your hardrive. Under the Ethernet folder, find the v15.25 Ethernet driver file "nvmfdx64.sys" (file version 1.0.1.6789) and rename it to the Windows 7 x64 default Ethernet driver filename "nvm62x64.sys".
--copy nvm62x64.sys to c:\windows\system32\drivers (archive the old default file first).
Reboot.
This fixed the problem for good. After 3 days of surfing the net and downloading mp3's, blah blah, I did not have any disconnects !
The only caution is to verify the Ethernet driver filename that Windows 7 32bit uses (after you've uninstalled the Nvidia Network driver). Do that by going to Device Manager and double-click the Network Adapter. Select Driver, then Driver Details.
The last caution is for people who download the 32bit version of the Nvidia v15.25 for Vista. There too, you need to verify the Ethernet 32bit filename as it may be differently named from the 64bit version mentioned above.
http://www.overclock.net/operating-systems/589222-windows-7-rtm-x64-default-gateway-2.html (http://www.overclock.net/operating-systems/589222-windows-7-rtm-x64-default-gateway-2.html)
regards
kthaddock