Can I upgrade this PC? or am I stuck with building a new one? der=

**Horton** · 20-03-2012, 01:56

soooo my onboard network adapter bit the dust somehow after opening my case when i was going to take a picture for tilitoon... tried a few things to get it to work but no luck... the ethernet cable is working (used it on this laptop), but when booted up the pc has a red x thru the connection... and the lan network adapter doesnt show up in device manager, and the windows trouble shoot says i dont have a properly isntalled network adapater.. so ill prolly buy a pci or usb network adapter to save me the headache...

n my motherboard is the second one tilitoon posted the ECS MCP73VT-PM

but back to my pci-e being too high, after looking at it again it seems to be lined up fine and it was just my imagination i guess lol...

**Tilitoon** · 20-03-2012, 02:36

That is wierd, have you touched something on the mobo or did you change something in the BIOS ? Maybe you reset it ?

**Chaboi** · 20-03-2012, 02:46

If you lost your Ethernet port, try downloading the drivers to your LAN adapter. It's probably an Intel or a Realtek

**Horton** · 20-03-2012, 03:47

i mite of touched the mobo when ripping out the backplates of the pc and replacing them with screwable ones you usually see... my machine came with them tac-welded on, and the only way to get them out (which i would of had to do eventually to install the gfx card) was to push them inwards towards the mobo. the only thing to be affected is the onboard lan, the light turns on in the back when i plug it in, but no internet, and nothing in device manager.

and ive been google fixing it for a few hours, who knows if ive hurt the pc or not... ive restored my pc back to factory condition (nothing on pc anyways), reset the mobo/cmos, put the bios back to "default settings"... and have downloaded and installed the drivers onto my pc (realtek), upon installation i am greeted with the...

"The RealTek Network Adapter/Controller was not found.
If Deep Sleep Mode enabled Please Plug the Cable"

sigh... lol

**Tilitoon** · 20-03-2012, 11:30

Have you turned your power options to the max, so that it won't turn off things such as LAN to save power ? Or... removing / putting the memory back in so that it detects a change and wake LAN ?

**Horton** · 20-03-2012, 16:13

Originally Posted by Tilitoon

Have you turned your power options to the max, so that it won't turn off things such as LAN to save power ? Or... removing / putting the memory back in so that it detects a change and wake LAN ?

Yeah, have done both, and many other "fixes". there doesnt seem to be a definitive one to fix this "deep sleep mode". so instead of trying to find a fix all day im just gonna buy a new lan card and save me the trouble lol.

**Horton** · 30-04-2012, 08:35

Back again =]... so i am going to buy the psu and gpu this coming friday, is my best bet still the radeon 6850 and corsair CX600 or are there better bangs for the buck as of today... it always seems like a month in realtime is a year in computer time so idk if theres a better bang for my buck (money isnt really a issue, im fine with the prices of the 6850 and psu)

**Tilitoon** · 30-04-2012, 14:23

It would still be my pick, yes. You can't really go wrong with those, other suggestions would be alternatives, but as far as I can tell you won't find anything else much cheaper and better. The 6850 is what I would consider the minimum to run the game decently at max setting without having to fear slowdowns in crowded areas (if there are it'll be because of your CPU, but if the final game is as optimized as Blizzard says it'll be, you'll be fine).

**Horton** · 30-04-2012, 17:59

Originally Posted by Tilitoon

It would still be my pick, yes. You can't really go wrong with those, other suggestions would be alternatives, but as far as I can tell you won't find anything else much cheaper and better. The 6850 is what I would consider the minimum to run the game decently at max setting without having to fear slowdowns in crowded areas (if there are it'll be because of your CPU, but if the final game is as optimized as Blizzard says it'll be, you'll be fine).

Aight cool man thanks, ill go with the radeon 6850 then.. if i have any problems installing the parts when i get them ill be right back on these boards

... but i shouldnt have any problems haha

**Horton** · 05-05-2012, 16:52

So tilitoon, i played the impatient game and didnt wanna wait 6 days for a graphics card to ship so i bought whatever was at a store n picked up a nvidia geforce gtx 550 ti... it runs LoL at max fine, havent tried it on civ 5 yet cuz its not installed on my pc anymore... was wondering if that would do on d3... i have 30 days to return the graphics card and upgrade if its not ideal... any insight would be fantastic! if not i guess could just test it out in 10 days haha