Save My Internet

[Shroomy]

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I don't think it's a conflict between the onboard and new card, because the new card was only purchased to alleviate the problem after it began. Everything was working fine before I plugged it into the router. It's also probably not a virus, just because the reformat would've solved that (after the reformat, I didn't use the router but the problem still recurred).

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sure it could still be a conflict ..
say onboard card goes bad
you install new one and things are good
the install does something that doesnt persist or only partially persists past a reboot
you lose power for a sec and your back to where you started.

Just trust me .. if you can, go into your bios and disable the onboard card, it will make everything easier .. even if its just not seeing the device in your device list so you are positive you are trying to repair the right connection.

even if its not the problem, it may make the problem easier to fix.

[Autocratic]

After I reformatted, the onboard card actually worked fine. Regardless, I'll give this a shot.