realtek gaming 2.5gbe family controller

Mcgyver

This is driving me crazy. I had a problem with this earlier and fixed it. Now I cant

12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400  2.50 GHz

gigabyte z690 ud ax ddr4

Win 10

I keep losing ethernet. I have updated driver from realtek and gigabyte to no avail. in device manager under events it says it was removed yesterday???

Mcgyver

Against better judgement, I just used driver booster and it updated all drivers . Oddly enough it stated that the realtek driver was already up to date

PowerSpec_MikeW

@Mcgyver

Per device manager the ethernet controller is gone entirely. Discharge the system. Turn it off, unplug it, give it 5 minutes. Try it again and see if it redetects. Check the ethernet cable, see if it's picking up the connection at all.