WinPE driver for Intel 82579v Ethernet controller

We're having issues with this NIC as well as the Intel 82579LM in the HP 8200 Elite Desktop, the NIC is detected correctly but we can't get an IP address in WinPE. Both work fine once XP is up and running. Using the e1c5132.sys as mentioned.

Also found some people having issues here (expand the threads): http://www.delltechcenter.com/page/Latitude+E6420+Windows+7+Driver+CAB/thread#toggle

Look forward to any ideas

Cheers.

CaseyCo - I am having the same difficulty with the Desktop version of this adapter on a Dell system. SETUPAPI log indicates a driver was found, but no adapters are listed within ipconfig or netsh. I have tried WinPE v2.0 and v3.0, attempting to install 64bit drivers (specified amd64 as the infrastructure).

Will reply back if I find a solution

Thanks,

Alex

My problem is happily resolved (after a few hours wasted):

1. Configured Windows AIK 3.0 in x86 mode (see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709665(WS.10).aspx)

2. Built winpe.WIM as instructed.

3. Downloaded INTEL PROSET 16.1 (NOT 16.2) for 32-bit Win7: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/confirm.aspx?httpDown=http://downloadmirror.intel.com/19996/eng/PROWin32.exe&lang=eng&Dwnldid=19996&DownloadType=Drivers+&OSFullname=Windows+7%2c+32-bit*

4. Unpacked this using WinRar - focus on files in PROWin32\PRO1000\Win32\NDIS62 for Win7.

5. At Windows AIK command prompt, used: Dism /image:C:\mounted_winpe /Add-Driver /driver:c:\PROWin32\PRO1000\Win32\NDIS62

(NOTE: exact INF file is e1c6232.inf so you may get away with /driver:c:\PROWin32\PRO1000\Win32\NDIS62\e1c6232.inf)

6. Committed changes to WIM file, built CD as before, now I can set IP addresses with netsh int ip set address local static 192.168.50.2 255.255.255.0

Hope this helps,

Alex

Thanks for the info, will give it a try this morning and report back.

Hi guys,

Sorry for the delay in replying to all your posts but thanks very much for your information.

I ended up resolving this with a bit of luck more than anything but I though tI'd post my results in case anyone else has the same issue.

We currently deploy an XP image using an old version of Altiris deployment server (version 6.8 SP2) and WinPE version 1.6. A specific driver for this nic card was not installing in the PXE boot image when I injected the drivers provided by Intel and HP. A driver for Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Controller (vender ID 8086, Device ID 1502, Driver version e1c5132.sys) would import but no driver for our nic: 82579V (vender ID 8086, Device ID 1503, Driver version e1c5132.sys). Therefore our build was stalling at Retrying DHCP when PxE booting.

In step 7 of the Altiris Boot Disk Creator there is an section to select the WinPE Boot Model with the following options: Boot WinPE using "factory -minint" (boots faster) or Boot WinPE using "factory -WinPE" (more thorough driver detection). Our default setting has always been factory -minint however we could build successfully as soon as I changed it to factory -winpe.

I hope this helps someone

Cheers

Andrew

We are experiencing the same issues with this drivers in Altiris 6.9. We can import the drivers for the AHCI for ProBook 6360b, but not the nic which is the Intel 82579.

The supplied HP Windows 7 driver require's a PXE 3.0 capable controller.

The 82579v PXE Controller in the HP 6460b is PXE 2.1 NOT 3.0 hence why it will not work.

With regards to booting to Windows PE use Windows VISTA based drivers that support PXE 2.1

I had this problem when trying to use WDS to deploy Windows 7 on the 6450b

Solutution was;

1. For the Windows PE portion of deployment use 82579 Windows VISTA drivers
1. For the Windows installation setup portion of deployment use 82579 Windows 7 drivers

Hope this helps