NIC "Lost" on Restart

Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 running on an Intel SE7320EP2 motherboard.
The M/B has an onboard 2-port NIC. The #2 NIC has been disabled in
BIOS. Upon power up after an OS shutdown command, the #1 NIC is
recognized by the OS. However, upon an OS restart command, the #1 NIC
is not recognized by the OS and several different errors appear in
Event Viewer relative to no network being available. The M/B bios is
at the latest version. All updates (high priority, software, and
hardware) available as of 8 Sep 07 from Windows Update have been
installed. Can anyone shed any light on this issue? Thanks.
--
Bob Felton

Hello,

do you have this behaviour after installing the Service Pack 2 ?
Is the network card driver the latest ?

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Bob Felton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 running on an Intel SE7320EP2 motherboard.
> The M/B has an onboard 2-port NIC. The #2 NIC has been disabled in
> BIOS. Upon power up after an OS shutdown command, the #1 NIC is
> recognized by the OS. However, upon an OS restart command, the #1 NIC
> is not recognized by the OS and several different errors appear in
> Event Viewer relative to no network being available. The M/B bios is
> at the latest version. All updates (high priority, software, and
> hardware) available as of 8 Sep 07 from Windows Update have been
> installed. Can anyone shed any light on this issue? Thanks.
> --
> Bob Felton

Thanks for your post, Mathieu. I can't say if the issue happened
before SP2 or not as the machine was built up (in April 2007) from SP1
media and then SP2 was installed immediately during the build up
process. Then, after all media was installed, including M/B drivers
from the provided Intel driver CD, Windows Update was run and all
updates presented were installed. Windows Update has been run monthly
since, installing all presented updates.

As I recall, I noted that the NIC did not "come up" at least once
during the initial system build. At the time, I just took the issue
as an anomaly as it came up after a power down. However, on Saturday,
after the restart from the monthly Windows Update, the NIC did not
come up again. Only when I did a shutdown and restart did the NIC
come up. I tried restart several times and the issue was consistent.
The NIC would come up only from a restart after a power down
condition.

I do not know if the NIC driver is the latest. I will check Intel's
web site for such.

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:12:26 +0200, "Mathieu CHATEAU"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello,
>
>do you have this behaviour after installing the Service Pack 2 ?
>Is the network card driver the latest ?

--
Bob Felton

I found a newer NIC driver on the Intel web site and installed it this
past weekend, Mathieu. The server came up OK from a restart after the
install. So, I'm hoping the newer driver fixed the "lost NIC" issue.
Thanks!


On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:28:19 -0700, Bob Felton
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Thanks for your post, Mathieu. I can't say if the issue happened
>before SP2 or not as the machine was built up (in April 2007) from SP1
>media and then SP2 was installed immediately during the build up
>process. Then, after all media was installed, including M/B drivers
>from the provided Intel driver CD, Windows Update was run and all
>updates presented were installed. Windows Update has been run monthly
>since, installing all presented updates.
>
>As I recall, I noted that the NIC did not "come up" at least once
>during the initial system build. At the time, I just took the issue
>as an anomaly as it came up after a power down. However, on Saturday,
>after the restart from the monthly Windows Update, the NIC did not
>come up again. Only when I did a shutdown and restart did the NIC
>come up. I tried restart several times and the issue was consistent.
>The NIC would come up only from a restart after a power down
>condition.
>
>I do not know if the NIC driver is the latest. I will check Intel's
>web site for such.
>
>On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:12:26 +0200, "Mathieu CHATEAU"
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>do you have this behaviour after installing the Service Pack 2 ?
>>Is the network card driver the latest ?

--
Bob Felton

great

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Bob Felton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I found a newer NIC driver on the Intel web site and installed it this
> past weekend, Mathieu. The server came up OK from a restart after the
> install. So, I'm hoping the newer driver fixed the "lost NIC" issue.
> Thanks!
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:28:19 -0700, Bob Felton
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for your post, Mathieu. I can't say if the issue happened
>>before SP2 or not as the machine was built up (in April 2007) from SP1
>>media and then SP2 was installed immediately during the build up
>>process. Then, after all media was installed, including M/B drivers
>>from the provided Intel driver CD, Windows Update was run and all
>>updates presented were installed. Windows Update has been run monthly
>>since, installing all presented updates.
>>
>>As I recall, I noted that the NIC did not "come up" at least once
>>during the initial system build. At the time, I just took the issue
>>as an anomaly as it came up after a power down. However, on Saturday,
>>after the restart from the monthly Windows Update, the NIC did not
>>come up again. Only when I did a shutdown and restart did the NIC
>>come up. I tried restart several times and the issue was consistent.
>>The NIC would come up only from a restart after a power down
>>condition.
>>
>>I do not know if the NIC driver is the latest. I will check Intel's
>>web site for such.
>>
>>On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:12:26 +0200, "Mathieu CHATEAU"
>><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>do you have this behaviour after installing the Service Pack 2 ?
>>>Is the network card driver the latest ?
>
> --
> Bob Felton