This issue isn't the end of the world or anything, but it's annoying.

I've tried three different version of the realtek ethernet drivers for my board, including the latest ones, and they all cause BSOD upon reboot/system start. Some are worse than others (some only cause the BSOD some of the time, some every time).

Uninstalling the drivers and letting windows use the generic driver fixes the problem. I'd like to be able to use realtek's drivers though, as they perform better.

Anyone else run into this problem and/or know of any resolutions?

Thank you for the tip. Before I do this though I should mention something which I should have mentioned in my original post but forgot being that it was late and I was tired:

This issue has persisted over three fresh installs of Windows 7.

When I did the latest fresh install I installed my drivers in this order to minimize the chance of driver conflicts (to no avail):

Installed Windows - reboot.
Installed the latest X58 chipset driver - reboot.
Installed the latest Intel Rapid Storage Technology - reboot.
Installed the latest JMicron drivers - reboot

Installed the latest Realtek windows 7 ethernet drivers - reboot - bluescreen.

Realtek recently released a new revision of said drivers, which I tried. Initially I thought the issue was resolved but the bluescreen showed up after a short time.


Will reinstalling the chipset drivers necessitate that I  reinstall all of the drivers listed here (or at least the Intel ones)? I believe the Rapid Storage Technology replaces some of the X58 chipset drivers.

I use the ones windows update loads in...they work great for me, no slowdowns, no drop off connections, & no BSOD's

STEVEBABCOCK2002

I use the ones windows update loads in...they work great for me, no slowdowns, no drop off connections, & no BSOD's

The ones Windows update loads in are the same as the latest ones on Realteks website. Windows update seems to keep the realtek drivers up to date pretty well. Too bad they make my system bluescreen!

Are you sure your overclock is stable and if so are you overclocking you pci bus at all. I have a 758 and have never had an issue with the realtek driver off their website but have had issues with the ones from microsofts update

I let Windows update install it's version of the drivers and it seems to be fine. They aren't as recent as the drivers on Realteks' site, but at least they work.

I'll assume there is a conflict between the Realtek drivers and something else running in your system. The Windows based drivers should work fine since they were probably made by Realtek anyway and given to Microsoft.

Just an option try uninstalling from the device manager the Realtek Drivers and then reinstalling them through the device manager once again. Use the latest drivers and away you go, just try it :)

Cole

emersj

Do you have the latest Motherboard drivers downloaded from EVGA?

Yes those are the drivers I am using now. They are signifigantly out of date compared to Realtek's current drivers and even the drivers that are on Windows Update, but those more recent drivers don't do anyone any good if all they do is cause bluescreens.

I've read on the forums here that a lot of people are having problems with Realtek's drivers, they really need to get that worked out.

Then I would say there is a conflict. I would need to see a mindump file to determine this.