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November 13th, 2012 12:00
Broadcom BCM57711 SFP+ adapter and Windows 7
Hi,
I just bought some Broadcom BCM57711 SFP+ 10Gbe network cards. I've put one into a server with Windows 2008 R2 - works fine. Firmware was upgraded using Dell's tool, drivers were installed using Dell's drivers etc.
So then I put another one into a Windows 7 workstation. Dell's drivers don't work as they are for Windows 2008 / R2 only. I tried drivers from Broadcom website. They do install, they contain my device id in the inf, but the card is still unrecognized. If I try to force these drivers, it says they are not for my card, if I try anyway it says the device didn't start (code 10).
Any ideas how to get it working?
I did check the card by booting a linux distribution from pendrive - network worked fine.
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Posted March 31st, 2014 11:00
No. Fortunately for me, my server didn't really require this card, 1Gbps was ok and I put the card into another server, which runs linux.
utonium01
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Posted March 30th, 2014 19:00
Were you ever able to make the BCM57711 work under Windows 7? I'm facing exactly the same problem you describe.