I started facing this same issue last night, after a cold start of the machine I got Code 10 on the 82579V NIC.
The issue happend before but I tought it was related to a wrong driver installation of mine so I reinstalled Windows and the issue went away.
This morning I was ready to reinstall the system again and by magic it came back online.
As I read that it could be due to issues like shorting or similar I checked yesterday the complete system and everything is clean, no possibility of shorting and I'm connected to a secured powerline.
So to be sure I removed the power cord of the system for the whole night and this morning the NIC came back.
I'm not sure if it is related but that's what I did.
I tried the NVM update but not update was required.
This is the content of the report:
Execution report for Intel(R) "LVDASKU" tool.
Generated on Wed Jan 02 06:32:55 2013
1 Intel(R) device(s) were discovered.
1. Adapter #/Bus/Device/Function: (1, 0/25/0)
1. ID: 8086/1503/1043/849C
1. Branding: Intel(R) 82579V Gigabit Network Connection
1. MAC Address: **************** (I removed this)
1. EEPROM size: 2048
This device matches the [match] section.
Value read from 776:20: C069
This is an 82579V device.
There are 1 device(s) that match the required inputs.
Of these, 0 need(s) updating.
This device's NVM/EEPROM will not be updated.
This device's Flash will not be updated.
My system information:
Intel 3770K
Asus Maximus V Formula
Windows 8 PRO 64Bit
Windows 7 PRO 64bit
(happend on both OS)
Latest Intel Lan driver from Intel site and Intel Lan driver from Asus site
(happend with both drivers)
Cisco SLM2008 8-Port Gigabit Smart Switch - No power saving options in the configuration available.
Let's hope this issue gets resolved so I don't have to buy a seperate NIC. I already had to buy a separate sound card due to issues between the NVIDIA HDMI interface (even without using it) and the onboard Realtek soundcard in some applications.
M.