Hi,

I have an ASUS P5K-SE with the Attsanic L1 network controller and the driver
from Windows Update worked great for me. It was newer than any driver
available from anywhere else and have been running it for a few weeks
without problem.

Craig


"Poppy" <popybear@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:CE0ABD48-77AC-41FA-8B6C-A8C3D76D9073@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Here is a warning to those with Attansic L1 Gigabit network controller
> chips on their motherboard, such as ASUS P5N-E.
>
> Do NOT, repeat NOT, install the recommended network adapter driver from
> Microsoft Update. The recommended hardware driver appears with a different
> manufacturer name, not Attansic. (sorry I can't remember).
>
> If you download and install the recommended hardware driver, Vista will no
> longer boot normally. It hangs while the scrolling bar is on screen.
> Because other things were downloaded at the same time onto my PC, it took
> much time and fiddling to figure out the cause. Vista would boot into Safe
> Mode OK. Control panel revealed nothing amiss. The clue was the failed
> attempt to boot into Safe Mode with Networking. This suggested that the
> updated network chip driver was the cause.
>
> Removing the driver while in Safe Mode did NOT solve the problem for me
> because Vista seemed to reload the wrong driver ?from backup, upon
> attempted normal reboot. Because of the mess I had made to identify the
> problem, I needed to do a clean install to recover. Downloading and
> permitting an install of hardware driver from MS Update reproduced the
> same noboot problem. This time it was possible to recover to a last known
> good state because I had a very recent good state to go back to.
>
> I suggest hiding this particular update if it is recommended for your PC.[/color]