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Asked: 2021-11-08T11:23:29+00:00 In:

Realtek GBE Family Controller Do I Need It?

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After a recent mothercard breakdown, a new mothercard and graphics card were installed – dxdiag extract below. I lost access to data on the old HDs.

With this, and subsequent updates/reinstallations, appeared Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller. I have a single PC. No others in the house. Do I need this Realtek software or can I bin it?

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.101209-1647)
BIOS: BIOS Date: 08/23/10 10:28:48 Ver: 06.03
Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 955 Processor, MMX, 3DNow (4 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode

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    1. If you never have any intention of connecting this computer to a network then you don’t need it. If you do intend connecting to a network, and that includes the Internet, then you do need it.

      http://www.realtek.com/downloads/do…

      Stuart

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