169.254.xx.xx Error

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troubledone

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Hey everyone,

This is probably going to be a pretty long post... you've been warned.

So last night at around 3am whilst gaming my pc froze so logically i just restarted and thought id carry on gaming however since that time my pc has someone become disconnected from its life partner the netgear modem. Now what bothers me is i can connected to the internet on all the wireless devices in the house and can connect when the ethernet is plugged directly into my laptop. My pc on the other hand detects that something has been plugged into its ethernet slot but chooses not to do anything about it.

Now these are a list of all the processes ive done so far...

1. Reset winsock with winsock reset...

2. Restarted / Turned Off both DNS and DHCP(think thats waht it was called)

3. Went to command prompt and issued commands ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew where renew told me that it couldnt do anything for me(thanks heaps...)

4. Unplugged modem, turned off pc, plugged in modem, restarted pc.... still 162.254....

5. Removed cable connection directly, restarted, reconnected did nothing

6. Swapped around between 3 ethernet cables. No effect

7. Reinstalled windows vista which had no effect.

8. Changed ip addresses to static, changed ip address to automatically detect

9. Disabled ipv6 and ipv4 then re-enabled.

The only thing i can think of at this point in time is to buy another motherboard. I currently have the Asus P5N - T Deluxe therefore i plug my ethernet straight into my motherboard i have been experiencing slight connection problems up until this point. With these problems my net would not work id run a "Diagnose Problem" and just reset the local area network. This seemed to work the first 5 times... now im just confused and frustrated at what to do...

Is there a plausible explanation to whats happened? Should i go out and buy a brand new 780i???
 

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APIPA is usually done if the network card cannot find the DHCP off the router, In other words your modem is probably stuffed or u need to reset the modem to factory settings.
 

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  • CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 (G0 Kentsfield) LGA775 (FC-LGA6)
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R (Rev. 2.1)
    Memory
    Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A 4GB PC-10600 (2x XMS3 2GB)
    Graphics card(s)
    ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (G92GT/D8P)
    Sound Card
    Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS/RealTek ALC885/889A/890
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ChiMei CMV CT-730D 17inch (LCD Monitor)
    Screen Resolution
    1280-1024 60Hertz (Ture Colour 32bit)
    Hard Drives
    Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive ST3160815AS (RAID0)
    PSU
    SUPER FLOWER 500watt Plug in Leads 24pin ATX BLACK MODEL
    Case
    Thermaltake Shark (VA7000SWA ATX) Full Tower
    Cooling
    Front 120mm fan (1400 RPM) /Rear 120mm (1400 RPM) blue LED
    Mouse
    Cyber Snipa Stinger Laser Gameing Mouse (400-3200Dpi)
    Keyboard
    Labtec Media Desktop Y-SAD65
    Internet Speed
    Telstra BigPond Elite Liberty Cable 17Mbps/256kbps
Hey i found out what it was so to everyone experiencing this problem who has an Asus 680 or 780 motherboard (as 780 is a 680) then just switch off your computer. Pull out the power cord and then hold down both the reset and on button for around 10 seconds. Then restart your computer :)
 

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Hello Guys,
my vista is acting out,too...lol. Lately,i am unable to download anything from the net!! Like Adobe Flash Player,Google chrome,you know,big trusted names & publishers...My laptop says UNKNOWN PUBLISHER and denies the download.I have no viruses or malware,according to AVG and MAlwarebytes..Then what a....??? LoL You guys have an ID what is the matter??I just did a disk cleanup...no help.Well,I'm no computer genius,but this is annoying....Best luck to all of you!!!!!
 

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Hi troubledone, which command did you type to reset winsock?
Was it netsh winsock reset catalog ?
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Compaq
    CPU
    intel core 2 duo T 5550 @ 1.83 MHz
    Motherboard
    intel 965 chipset family
    Memory
    2 GB DDR 2 SD RAM @ 667 MHz
    Graphics card(s)
    On board upto 358 MB RAM
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    15"
    Hard Drives
    160 GB WDC
Yep netsh winsock reset catalog was the exact one that i used. I do believe thats the only one that works on the vista operating system buy im not entirely sure. Wit robbognar95 by any chance have you changed the trusted sites in your windows > tools > internet options > security? was just a suggestion i havent ever come across that problem before but seems more of a restriction or an anti virus problem to be quite honest.
 

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Not Sure if anyone is still trying to fix this problem with the unidentified network issue but the suggestion to power off and pull the plug then hold power and rest button for 10 seconds works!!! I have been trying to fix this for over 25 straight hours. After all of that with nothing working this simple fix worked... I have not seen this anywhere on the net, no help from Microsoft, all just wasted steps and time. The best geeks had no fix but then comes this person and Bam! BAm!! BAMMM! problem fixed. Hero? This person is my HERO:D:D:D:D Thank you ever so much and Now I'm going to Bed!!!
 

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