So, I posted this in my own thread in another section of the forum, but nobody seems to be able to help me... So I'll try posting here.

I just purchased an EX58-DS4 mainboard and the build went very smoothly... I'm running bios F4... I booted into Windows, installed all the drivers off the CD, and my onboard ethernet went CRAZY!

on/off/on/off/on/off/on/off

I am worried there is something wrong with my board?

I went into BIOS and there's an option called "GREEN NIC" or something like that... Which according to the description in the bios, says it's for power saving and it will automatically disable the onboard NIC. Well... when that option is turned OFF the onboard NIC goes haywire... But if I enable that option, it seems to work.

But I don't want the nic to ever automatically turn off.

Anyone have ANY info on this at all?

Should I just go get another board and see if it behaves the same way?

-rob