ASRock Forums : Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:39:58 +0000 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:27:53 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3868 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : Aristoc wrote:I didn&#039;t&#039;...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19595&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19595 Author: parsec
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 11:27pm

Originally posted by Aristoc Aristoc wrote:

I didn't' mean to say there was some problem with the function of my PC. The only 'problem' was the  "!" exclamation in device driver and I didn't have any knowledge about what that was for. Once I received info above on how to search for that, I discovered it is only related to Turbo Boost Max. Once I installed TBM  the "!" disappeared. 

Turbo Boost Max probably isn't going to be used for many of my programs. Maybe for video rendering. 

Booting up time is so fast so fast ! Running smoothly.
Thank you  to all on the forum for assistance on my build!

 


We are glad to help!

Boot time is fast? Great, but most X99 board users complain about the slow start up time. That is normal for X99 systems. They are more complex than other mother boards, and the X99 chipset is borrowed from Intel's enterprise line of chipsets.

Turbo Boost Max 3.0 is a feature only found on Broadwell-E HEDT processors, like yours. When its driver is installed, you should see an icon for it on the Windows taskbar. If you click on it, a window will open that shows a list of the cores in your CPU.

TBM 3.0 somehow determines which cores are "stronger" and able to Turbo boost (Turbo 2.0, the standard type of Turbo) higher with greater stability than the other cores. The cores are listed in the order of best to worst core for higher OC Turbo boost levels. You can use that window to assign programs to use the best cores at higher speeds, or by default it assigns those cores to the "foreground" program, whatever program you are interacting with.

Kind of an odd feature, and who wants to know their CPU has "better" cores than the others? We hope they are all of the same quality. The implication of this feature is using a "Per Core" OC may be better than an All Core OC for Broadwell processors. That is, instead of all the cores at a maximum speed that is limited by one or more of the lesser cores, we can have a higher OC on some cores than a few of the others. I don't know if anyone has tested that theory, I keep forgetting to do that with my X99/Broadwell-E system.
]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 23:27:53 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19595&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19595 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : I didn&#039;t&#039; mean to say...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19588&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19588 Author: Aristoc
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 8:32pm

I didn't' mean to say there was some problem with the function of my PC. The only 'problem' was the  "!" exclamation in device driver and I didn't have any knowledge about what that was for. Once I received info above on how to search for that, I discovered it is only related to Turbo Boost Max. Once I installed TBM  the "!" disappeared. 

Turbo Boost Max probably isn't going to be used for many of my programs. Maybe for video rendering. 

Booting up time is so fast so fast ! Running smoothly.
Thank you  to all on the forum for assistance on my build!




Originally posted by parsec parsec wrote:

Originally posted by Aristoc Aristoc wrote:

I looked up the codes you refered to and found that it was the Intel Turbo Boost Max 3 . I installed successfully and the problems gone. 

Thank you!!


What problem is now gone? Simply the missing driver?

Do you know the purpose of Turbo Boost Max 3?


Edited by Aristoc - 25 Nov 2016 at 8:33pm]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 20:32:22 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19588&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19588 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : Aristoc wrote:I looked up the...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19564&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19564 Author: parsec
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 12:03pm

Originally posted by Aristoc Aristoc wrote:

I looked up the codes you refered to and found that it was the Intel Turbo Boost Max 3 . I installed successfully and the problems gone. 

Thank you!!


What problem is now gone? Simply the missing driver?

Do you know the purpose of Turbo Boost Max 3?
]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:03:06 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19564&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19564 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : Aristoc wrote:I looked up the...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19559&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19559 Author: wardog
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 9:42am

Originally posted by Aristoc Aristoc wrote:

I looked up the codes you refered to and found that it was the Intel Turbo Boost Max 3 . I installed successfully and the problems gone. 

Thank you!!


Wink You're Welcome.

That's all there is to that. I know most of those by heart.




Glad to read your system is running as it should.

]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:42:09 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19559&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19559 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : I looked up the codes you refered...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19558&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19558 Author: Aristoc
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 9:03am

I looked up the codes you refered to and found that it was the Intel Turbo Boost Max 3 . I installed successfully and the problems gone. 

Thank you!!
]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:03:54 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19558&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19558 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : ]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19557&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19557 Author: Aristoc
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 7:39am

]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 07:39:45 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19557&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19557 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : Aristoc wrote:This pic, click...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19551&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19551 Author: wardog
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 6:55am

Originally posted by Aristoc Aristoc wrote:



This pic, click on the Details tab, then in the drop down click on Hardware Ids, then copy and past here what is displayed for the ID's.
]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:55:04 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19551&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19551 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : E2200 driver was installed and...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19549&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19549 Author: Aristoc
Subject: 3868
Posted: 25 Nov 2016 at 6:48am

E2200 driver was installed and successfull. Thank you.

Still one other left?



]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2016 06:48:19 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19549&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19549 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : parsec wrote:That&#039;s no...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19541&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19541 Author: wardog
Subject: 3868
Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 11:24pm

Originally posted by parsec parsec wrote:


That's no doubt the E2200 Atheros network controller, that the generic Microsoft network driver would not work with.

Lucky you, you connected your router to the Intel network port!


At least I'm hoping so.

They didn't expand "Network Adapters" so we could have look see at what's listed there.


Edited by wardog - 24 Nov 2016 at 11:24pm]]> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 23:24:12 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19541&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19541 <![CDATA[Does Ethernet Controller need Driver installation : Aristoc wrote:My internet is...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3868&PID=19535&title=does-ethernet-controller-need-driver-installation#19535 Author: parsec
Subject: 3868
Posted: 24 Nov 2016 at 10:26pm

Originally posted by Aristoc Aristoc wrote:

My internet is working properly. I noticed the following in my device manager. What is the driver I need? Thanks.

Ethernet Controller !
Unknown Device !


is it this driver? Lan Driver ver 20.2



That's no doubt the E2200 Atheros network controller, that the generic Microsoft network driver would not work with.

Lucky you, you connected your router to the Intel network port!
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