I've been getting sporadic internet disconnections for ages (years on and off). It only happened now and then so I just put up with it. Not being techy at all I didn't know where to start looking for the cause either. A recent lightning strike killed my router and when the new one was installed I got more disconnections than ever. Some days I couldn't get connected at all. I blamed the new router but the ISP insisted that it was fine and my network adapter was to blame. Eventually I gave in and reluctantly sent off for one of these, just in case they were right.
Fitted it to a spare PCI slot (which was easy even for untechy me, after watching a vid on YouTube) and I haven't had a moment's trouble since. I wish I'd bought one of these years ago. The driver installed automatically, it really was a case of fit and forget. Lovely stuff!!
(My old one was a Broadcom 1gb Ethernet Network Adapter in a Dell Inspiron desktop, in case that's relevant to anyone.)
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Intel EXPI9301CTBLK PRO1000 Network Card CT PCIex
| Brand | Intel |
| Hardware interface | Ethernet |
| Colour | Multi-Colour |
| Compatible devices | PC |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 13 x 13 x 13 millimetres |
| Data transfer rate | 1024 Megabits Per Second |
| Item weight | 2.4 Ounces |
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- Package Weight: 59 grams
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 1.27 x 1.27 x 1.27 cm; 68.04 Grams
- Date First Available : 8 Jun. 2007
- Manufacturer : Intel
- ASIN : B001CY0P7G
- Item model number : EXPI9301CTBLK
- Best Sellers Rank: 81,465 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
- 231 in Network Cards
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Works perfectly with the latest version of Windows 10
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016
I needed a replacement Ethernet card for my motherboard as the on-board Ethernet port has become temperamental and I decided I wasn't ready to upgrade and get a new motherboard this year. Windows 10 picked it up the drivers straight away and I have had no issues whatsoever.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2016
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 January 2015
My onboard ethernet connection on my Windows 8.1 PC died due to a power surge, I think. January lightning...
So the cheap and easy way to solve this seemed to be a CSL PCIe (PCI-E / PCI Express) Gigabit network card from Amazon, which I ordered for about £5.
I have spent a week messing about with a connection lasting max. 90 mins, verifying Windows power management etc. to the Network Adaptor, trying different drivers, and seemingly exhaustive internet searches, and have got nowhere. If I unplugged my ethernet inside the 90 minute window, it would disappear, too, until a complete Shut Down and restart (not just a restart).
Bought one of these, also from Amazon. Now I can unplug my ethernet connection, configure a router as an access point (fallout from the power surge), plug my ethernet back in to my network, and it WORKS!
If I have any problems, I have the Intel dashboard to go to for help. So fingers crossed!
It's not cheap, but Intel do seem to give value for money in the quality of this product.
So the cheap and easy way to solve this seemed to be a CSL PCIe (PCI-E / PCI Express) Gigabit network card from Amazon, which I ordered for about £5.
I have spent a week messing about with a connection lasting max. 90 mins, verifying Windows power management etc. to the Network Adaptor, trying different drivers, and seemingly exhaustive internet searches, and have got nowhere. If I unplugged my ethernet inside the 90 minute window, it would disappear, too, until a complete Shut Down and restart (not just a restart).
Bought one of these, also from Amazon. Now I can unplug my ethernet connection, configure a router as an access point (fallout from the power surge), plug my ethernet back in to my network, and it WORKS!
If I have any problems, I have the Intel dashboard to go to for help. So fingers crossed!
It's not cheap, but Intel do seem to give value for money in the quality of this product.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2016
Something near my house got hit by lightening and the resulting surge came in through the internet wiring. Among the casualties were my Virgin router, my Belkin switch and the ethernet port on my Maximus Hero VII motherboard. I bought this to replace this now dead ethernet port in my PC and it worked straight out of the box (Windows 10). Performance wise I can't tell the difference between this card and the ethernet port I had on my motherboard, so I guess that means it's doing its job well!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2013
I have a brand new high performance PC with an i7 intel processor, 32 Mb ram, a high performance Gigabyte motherboard, SSD and a high end video and sound card that is running Win 7 x64 which I built. After some issues with my network connection developed I decided to look into the possibility of a separate network port card as I didn't want to have to take my computer apart again to extract the motherboard I did some research and identified that I would be better to purchase a more expensive but higher performance network card that matched the rest of my system. I was hoping it would resolve my networking issues, but I wasn't expecting a performance boost on log on our loading we pages given the performance of the rest of my PC hardware. How wrong I was! Initial log onto network is now almost instantaneous and web pages load perceptibly faster. It didn't resolve the networking issues I was experiencing as this turned out to be a router issue. However, I'm still very pleased I have invested in this network card due to the performance increase it delivers and intel have provided updated drivers/ tools for it that enable you to run both hardware and network cable checks to assist in fault finding etc. If you want to increase the performance of your PC I definitely recommend investing in this quality high performance network card.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 June 2013
I bought this PCI Express card hoping that my read/write transfer rates would improve. I had 6Mb/s download and 0.1Mb/s upload which was causing me headaches with Windows 7 Pro, having had a much better upload speed (4-6Mb/s) with XP Pro. I tried all the blog fixes and there were marginal improvements in performance.
I had an external 1Gb Network adaptor fitted on the PCI connector to the motherboard and that didn't improve matters.
I read the blurb on the ASUS motherboard which generally referred to the PCI Express connections as being good for heavy duty gamer graphics, but buried in the text it also mentioned it might be good for Networks.
I bought the card based on very positive reviews with my fingers crossed.
I installed it in minutes and the BIOS instantly recognised it and the system booted up normally while I held my breath hoping no crash would occur.
I then ran several large 100Mb transfers to my Synology NAS server via a Netgear ADSL+ router and couldn't record the upload/ download rate as it was near instant. I then went for a 2Gb file transfer and could find a transfer rate of between 50-80Mb/s..Outstanding.
This is the best and least expensive upgrade I have ever had.
Highly recommended and gets 5 stars...The only downside was that there was no installation CD..or anything other than the plastic packaging of the adapter and a short plate.
I had an external 1Gb Network adaptor fitted on the PCI connector to the motherboard and that didn't improve matters.
I read the blurb on the ASUS motherboard which generally referred to the PCI Express connections as being good for heavy duty gamer graphics, but buried in the text it also mentioned it might be good for Networks.
I bought the card based on very positive reviews with my fingers crossed.
I installed it in minutes and the BIOS instantly recognised it and the system booted up normally while I held my breath hoping no crash would occur.
I then ran several large 100Mb transfers to my Synology NAS server via a Netgear ADSL+ router and couldn't record the upload/ download rate as it was near instant. I then went for a 2Gb file transfer and could find a transfer rate of between 50-80Mb/s..Outstanding.
This is the best and least expensive upgrade I have ever had.
Highly recommended and gets 5 stars...The only downside was that there was no installation CD..or anything other than the plastic packaging of the adapter and a short plate.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 September 2012
I bought this Intel NIC because it's one of the few NICs on VMWare's HCL (hardware compatibility list) that's officially supported.
It works perfectly in both ESXi and in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. I've got two of these, one in the ESXi box, and another in a Server 2008 R2 running iSCSI software target. When transferring data over the network directly between these two cards, it's almost always at 100% usage - around between 110 and 117 megabytes per second.
It works perfectly in both ESXi and in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. I've got two of these, one in the ESXi box, and another in a Server 2008 R2 running iSCSI software target. When transferring data over the network directly between these two cards, it's almost always at 100% usage - around between 110 and 117 megabytes per second.
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