Hi, I'm new to the forums although I've had my board and rig for over two years now. Obviously after all this time, I'm not one to complain, and tend to manage with workarounds, but every since my board was fitted the Network Adapter has never come on automatically after a reboot/restart, and my PC has never rebooted after being in sleep mode.
I spoke to an advisor only yesterday, and to my surprise and relief, arrangements are being made to replace my mb. However I only discovered today that the 82579V Network Adapter problem seems to be a common fault with many different boards with no reasonable fix (Intel 82579V Issue), and I'm concerned that a direct replacement with only cause the same problems. Obviously, understanding this board has now been discontinued and has a known Network fault means a like for like replacement seems to not be a satisfactory solution.
I am to be contacted again by my country's local support to make further arrangements with regards to the replacement, but obviously I would like to hear some other advice before I agree to something which may still be faulty.
Any further advice would be appreciated.