danP25 wrote:[color=blue]
> I received an email response from Gigabyte asking if the OS was a clean
> install and suggesting that I upgrade to the most recent BIOS.
>
> I upgraded to the most recent BIOS version, but now I think their only
> response will be to do a clean install of the OS, which I'm not really all
> that keen on doing.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas?
>
> Thanks.
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You could try removing the NIC from Device Manager and rebooting. Vista
will reinstall it and maybe this time round it will be okay.