{"id":32,"date":"2009-10-23T01:08:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T01:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2016-01-10T03:51:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T03:51:08","slug":"network-controller-sleep-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/network-controller-sleep-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"No network adapter\/controller found on waking up from Sleep Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: I’ve made a separate post for people interested in quick fix:<\/strong> Realtek’s network controller deep sleep mode issue<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes, you read the title right. It is my second day of Windows 7 and trust me it was a long one. Its 1 o’clock in the morning and I finally got my internet working (after I got my Network Controller to work). So, lets start from the top.<\/p>\n

Windows 7 does not like waking up from sleep<\/h3>\n

As it seems, Windows 7 really doesn’t like waking up from “Sleep” mode, most of the times for me, it just crashes. When I say crashes, it means I get a message on my monitor screen saying “No video input”, and the system is frozen because pressing the Num Lock key does not make the light of Num Lock go off.<\/p>\n

No internet connection<\/h3>\n

I restarted the system (something I hate to do as it is my fresh install!) and was greeted by the screen asking me if I wanted to do a clean start up or try to restore the sleep mode again (as if it was my fault!). I had some work to do, so I jumped to the clean start up option and went straight onto Windows 7 desktop. So far so good. But then I noticed, Windows was screaming at me that I had “No internet connection”!<\/p>\n

Network Controller\/Adapter Gone<\/h3>\n

I went through several steps and came to conclusion that my network adapter had ‘died’, ‘gone to sleep’, ‘cuckooed’! It seemed that Windows 7 just could not see my Network Controller\/Adapter, as if it has disappeared or vanished or just didn’t exist! There wasn’t even a section for Network Adapters in Device Manager.<\/p>\n

Network Controller in Deep Sleep Mode<\/h3>\n

I tried to install the drivers for my Network Adapter (RealTek by the way) but I got a really nice error\u00a0message during the RealTek setup:<\/p>\n

The RealTek Network Adapter\/Controller was not found.
\nIf Deep Sleep Mode enabled Please Plug the Cable<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And that’s when I noticed something interesting, my network adapter wasn’t flashing. Just for curious minds, I own a SilverStone Raven<\/a> (photo<\/a>) in which the whole motherboard is turned 90\u00b0 clockwise and the back-panel becomes the top-panel. This means, luckily, I could saw the problem.<\/p>\n

Getting your Network Adapter\/Controller Back<\/h3>\n

I instantly knew this isn’t a Windows 7 only issue. The first thing popped in my head I have to reset my motherboard. As I own a M4A79T Deluxe<\/a>, resetting is as simple as sliding the RAM out and popping it back in (the normal way of resetting your motherboard by using BIOS\/CMOS jumper<\/a>).<\/p>\n

And guess what, it did the job. I got my Network Controller\/Adapter back!<\/p>\n

Once I got my internet back, I tried to find out why does Windows 7 crash on trying to wake up from Sleep mode, I believe it has something to do with the S1 and S3 settings in the BIOS. I will investigate and report back here soon. But for people having trouble getting the Network Controller working, I hope this helps.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: I’ve made a separate post for people interested in quick fix: Realtek’s network controller deep sleep mode issue Yes, you read the title right. It is my second day of Windows 7 and trust me it was a long one. Its 1 o’clock in the morning and I finally got my internet working (after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adeelejaz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}