Re: asus a8v deluxe and Marvel gigabit

"Lynn McGuire" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:11gccto88g16mf8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Lynn, the Marvell, Yukon 10/100/1000 chipset on your A8V Deluxe IS, in
>> fact, very good. I have been very pleased with it in my setup (below)
>> until about last week, when I allowed "Windows Update" to update my
>> driver revision to 8.35.2.3.
>
> My previous network device driver was having network timeouts. I do
> a lot of LAN file locking so it becomes immediately obvious when there
> are network issues.
>
> This new version of the device driver does not have timeouts. It just
> locks
> up and I have to reboot in order to get networking working again. A
> couple of times my entire pc has locked up also.
>
>> The system would not go even two days without crashing. At first, I
>> suspected something other than the 8.35.2.3 network driver. Normally, a
>> network driver should be able to bring down the system like that.
>
> Should or should not ???

should NOT - sorry, didn't proof read my email.

>
>> Please validate or invalidate my test results. If we find that it
>> definitely is a problem with 8.35.2.3 we should submit to Marvell Inc. as
>> a bug.
>
> I looked at their site. They dont seem to be consumer friendly
> whatsoever.

That's because they don't sell direct to EU's. Other vendors incorporate
their silicon.

Try the driver rev immediately preceding 8.35.2.3. If you can't find it I'll
post it on my FTP.

>
> Lynn
>
>


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