Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

[lezsimply]

Hi. Just wan't to know if desktop motherboard can run without lan chip. I've got 2 motherboards here which suffered short circuit during a lightning strike. This cause lan ports to light without cable or activity. I also notice the lan chip getting very hot. I want to remove it to make the board usable. Is this possible? Thanks guys!

[brethin]

Re: Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

It is possible but just because the lan chip is bad doesn't mean there is no other damage from the lightning strike. Try disabling the lan port in the bios to test the rest of the board functions.

[lezsimply]

Re: Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

I already took some test of the board. I even installed windows 7 and run it for about an hour and no problems occurred except of course of the lan port unusable. I do not exceed an hour because chip is really getting very hot not even a 1 second touch.

[pfrcom]

Re: Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

I removed LAN chip here https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=37844

Didn't fix board's starting problem, but didn't make it worse either

[lezsimply]

Re: Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

OK thanks man! By the way have you washed your board? Might do the trick

[c_hegge]

Re: Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

Removing the Ethernet controller IC is no problem for most boards. The board in my main rig (a Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H-MVP) had it's Ethernet controller removed after a lightning hit, and it's been perfectly stable.

[lezsimply]

Re: Can a Desktop board run without lan chip?

Thanks hegge. I'm in the process of removing it now. I'll keep you posted.