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December 4th, 2007 12:00

Optiplex 755 RIS help

Hi all
 
I have read a few posts where some of you guys have managed to get RIS working on the 755's. I have an existing RIS setup that works perfectly for the GX260/270's and have just received some 755's.
 
I have dropped the inf, sys and cat files for both the broadcom and intel nic drivers into the oem\nic folder and the i386 folder but it still gives me the message saying the  drivers aren't available.
 
I have tried both XP and Vista drivers (its an XP install)
 
Does anyone have a guide or further instructions as to what is required for the nic to be picked up?
 
Hope someone can help me with this.
 
Thanks
James
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    Posted December 4th, 2007 23:00

    Troubleshooting: Broadcom NetXtreme® 57XX User Guide
     
    < ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>

     "Problem: Microsoft Remote Installation Service (RIS) installation fails to load the Broadcom network adapter driver for both Windows 2000 and Windows XP."

     
    Found under "Software Problems and Solutions "  near the top of the document.
     
    Hope this helps.
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    Posted December 5th, 2007 09:00

    Thanks for the info Mombodog
     
    I have followed the instructions to no avail.
     
    One question though:
     
    In the section that states I should remove the 2 entries it reads
     

    1. Remove the [Broadcom] section, which is illustrated below.

      [Broadcom]
      %OEM1_DEV5%=OEM1_DEV5.Inst, PCI\VEN_14e4&DEV_165D&SUBSYS_865d1028
      .
      .
      %BCM5750B0F%=BCM5750B0MF.Inst, PCI\VEN_14e4&DEV_167E&SUBSYS_057D1014&REV_10

    However the entry I have are slightly different and read

    %BCM5750B0F%=BCM5750B0MFHAL.Inst, PCI\VEN_14e4&DEV_167E&SUBSYS_057D1014&REV_10

    There are 2 entries for each that are very similar but not quite the same.

    Any ideas?

    Also - does anyone know if there are known issues with it being a Win2KServer and not a 2003 Server? I have previously had issues on another of our sites (they run seperate RIS servers) where I had to upgrade to 2003 server in order to get one of the Dell models we have there to RIS. Upgrading on this current site may not be an option.

    Hope you can help further.

    Thanks

    James

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    Posted December 5th, 2007 13:00

    "PCI\VEN_14e4&DEV_167E&SUBSYS_057D1014&REV_10
     
    This line is a unique identiifier for the hardware, and can vary from revision to revision on the same hardware.
     
    Not sure about the first line, you can always back up the keys first, then try the registry mod.
     
    I have no experience with RIS, I just ran across that article using google.
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    Posted December 5th, 2007 16:00

    First you need to download the correct driver, 755 has a Intel Nic.
     
     
    Then you need to edit the .inf file for the ris server to pick it up.
    Open the .inf file located in the win2k_xp folder (E1e5132.inf) in
    notepad and locate the following section:
     
    [Manufacturer]
    %Intel%     = Intel, NTx86.5.1, NTIA64, NTAMD64, NTx86.6.0
     
    Modify this to:
     
    [Manufacturer]
    %Intel%     = Intel
     
    Save the file. Copy then following files to your i386 folder:
     
    E1e5132.INF
    E1e5132.CAT
    E1e5132.SYS
    E1e5132.DIN
     
    Retstart your RIS server
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 08:00

    Thanks fibozo
     
    Do I also need to copy the edited file into the $oem$\$1\Drivers\Nic folder?
     
    Thanks
    James
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 10:00

    No, the $OEM$\$1\Drivers\Nic must have the unedited .inf file, but this folder is only used during the PnP detection phase when Windows XP installs.
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 10:00

    I have followed your instructions and it still doesn't recognise the drivers.
     
    Any further ideas would be gratefully received.
     
    Thanks
    James
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 10:00

    No, the $OEM$\$1\Drivers\Nic must have the unedited .inf file, but this folder is only used during the PnP detection phase when Windows XP installs.
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 11:00

    Its a Windows 2000 Server RIS server (also a DC), the installation allows a PXE boot and allows me to enter credentials into RIS and then select an image to use, but after that it fails with the message that the installation does not contain any drivers for the network card. There are no additional network cards in the machine.
     
    Thanks
    James
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    Posted December 6th, 2007 11:00

    Ok let's take it from the beginning.
    Are you using Windows Server 2000 Ris or 2003 Ris ?
    Where exactly does the installation stop ?
    What failure does it report ?
    Is the system configured with a additional Nic card ?
     
     

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