I recently decided to build a new PC. I bought the asus z97-a Mainboard which has an onboard intel i1218-v ethernet controller. I installed Windows 10 from DVD and downloaded the latest driver on the Intel drivers page. unfortunately I can't get the ethernet controller working (mainboard should be win10 ready according to the manufacturer). I already tried the following:
- installed the latest driver from Intel drivers page
- unzipped the drivers manually and installed it via device-manager
- installed the ethernet driver from DVD which came with the motherboard
- installed Windows 8.1 Pro instead of win10 and did all of the above again.
What disturbs me is, that the ethernet controller is not recognized by name when I don't have any drivers installed. When I install the driver, the ethernet controller gets recognized, but I get a code 10 failure which says "device could not be started".
The next step i wanted to try is to update the BIOS. I actually don't think it's necessary and also a bit dangerous since a BIOS update can cause many trouble. Could it be that I did something wrong with the cables when I built the PC? I think not because the device gets recognized.
Update: Updated BIOS from version 2501 to 2801 which is the most recent. still no ethernet.
Update: I unplugged everything and let the whole computer rest overnight, but unfortunately this also didn't solve my problem. Now I think it is most likely a hardware failure or something. Next step is to try an external network adapter and try to exchange the mainboard with another one if the vendor is generous enough...