ASUS Attansic ethernet controller not working

antonisg1 · 10-31-2007, 07:28 PM

Hey all,

I've found this forum out after googling to find a solution about my problem and I hope this works out.. I found out that others have had the same or like problem with this one.
I just got my new pc yesterday with now os installed. I installed windows XP at first, installed all the drivers and everything works great. Then I start getting blue screens, making some re-installing etc and now Windows Vista are currently working great except this problem with my ethernet controller. I try to install the drivers but the installation states

"Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it
Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000Base-T Controller
The syntax of the INF is invalid"

What can I do about this? I read somewhere that this is related with some optional Windows update. I may downloaded that at first when I could get online. But I formatted and then installed again and I still get this problem..
Any ideas?

Thanks..

**johnwill** · 11-01-2007, 06:19 AM

That error indicates that the INF file doesn't correctly describe the driver files and other characteristics. I'd be looking at driver updates.

antonisg1 · 11-01-2007, 06:27 AM

checked all about that and i get the "your drivers are up to date" reply. Last night i managed to install the drivers correctly, while i was on safe mode but the device was not working at all, i just could see the LAN connection in the Network Connections. I restarted and Windows didnt load at all! after that same circle again.. safe mode, restarting etc... im so confused and mad about this!!

**johnwill** · 11-01-2007, 06:32 AM

Is this a built-in NIC? I'd consider trying a different NIC make/model to see if it loads correctly. It sounds like the Vista drivers for this one are not ready.

antonisg1 · 11-01-2007, 06:38 AM

yeah it is.. i've been thinking about trying a different NIC since yesterday, after seeing that others had same problems with this one.. :/
but why i had the same problem when i was running XP ?

**johnwill** · 11-01-2007, 06:46 AM

My reading of your initial post was that this was under Vista, but the statement I made applies to XP as well. It's something about the INF that the Windows installation doesn't like. I'd try the new NIC.

antonisg1 · 11-01-2007, 07:05 AM

ok then.. let it be!
thanks friend..

**johnwill** · 11-01-2007, 04:25 PM

Let us know how you make out.

antonisg1 · 11-01-2007, 05:02 PM

It looks like I also have a memory problem after running Memory Diagnostics Tool. Is it possible these two problems to be connected?

**johnwill** · 11-02-2007, 01:02 PM

Well, bad memory can do all sorts of odd things, so I'd certainly recommend getting that fixed!

antonisg1 · 12-10-2007, 11:59 PM

couldn't work it out, got another card for £10 and regained peace of mind!
about the memory.. i had 4GB of Ram and since i removed 1 of those, the problems stopped. im running win xp 32bit. if i heard right only 64bit systems can "read" above 3gig of ram with no problems? is that right?

**johnwill** · 12-11-2007, 06:05 AM

Some systems have issues running with 4gig or more of memory. A 32 bit system can use about 3.5gig of memory, but if you don't configure properly, it's less. I stick with 2gig for my systems, more than enough for anything I do.