TheReasonIFail Posted November 9, 2008 Share Posted November 9, 2008 I'm working on a Compaq Evo N600c laptop and WinPE is having trouble detecting the NIC. The WinPE image has all the latest and greating Intel Pro NIC drivers so I'm wondering what else I should look into.Has anyone used WinPE on this laptop or NIC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Which version of PE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazkal Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 (edited) I've found that when you know the NIC driver is in the WinPE image, but it still doesn't see it, then there is a driver you need for something on the PCI bus that sits between the NIC and everything else.Try doing a scan:devcon find pci*Then look through your driver INF files and see what other device drivers may need to be installed.EDIT:I forgot, you may need to include devcon in your WinPE image. Edited November 10, 2008 by Jazkal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReasonIFail Posted November 10, 2008 Author Share Posted November 10, 2008 WinPE 2.1I'll give devcon a spin when I get a chance later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazkal Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Give us the output of the scan if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 Give us the output of the scan if you can.Make sure to use the 32bit Devcon if it exists! Regular Devcon won't work in WinPE 2.1. It will say it can't find the file because its a 16bit app! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReasonIFail Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 Here's the output:PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4C59&SUBSYS_B1110E11&REV_00\4&45A7597&0&0008: Video Controller (VGA Compatible)PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_AC51&SUBSYS_004E0E11&REV_00\4&139E449D&0&18F0: PCI to CARDBUS BridgePCI\VEN_104C&DEV_AC51&SUBSYS_004E0E11&REV_00\4&139E449D&0&19F0: PCI to CARDBUS BridgePCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8169&SUBSYS_816910EC&REV_10\5&26F5516F&0&0018F0: Ethernet ControllerPCI\VEN_11C1&DEV_0450&SUBSYS_04501468&REV_02\4&139E449D&0&20F0: PCI Simple Communications ControllerPCI\VEN_125D&DEV_1988&SUBSYS_00940E11&REV_12\4&139E449D&0&48F0: Multimedia Audio ControllerPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1038&SUBSYS_00980E11&REV_42\4&139E449D&0&40F0: Ethernet ControllerPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2448&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_42\3&61AAA01&0&F0 : PCI to PCI BridgePCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2482&SUBSYS_00300E11&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E8 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) ControllerPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2484&SUBSYS_00300E11&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&E9 : Universal Serial Bus (USB) ControllerPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2487&SUBSYS_00300E11&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&EA : Universal Serial Bus (USB) ControllerPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_248A&SUBSYS_00300E11&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F9 : IDE ControllerPCI\VEN_8086&DEV_248C&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_02\3&61AAA01&0&F8 : PCI to ISA BridgePCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3575&SUBSYS_00300E11&REV_04\3&61AAA01&0&00 : PCI HOST BridgePCI\VEN_8086&DEV_3576&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_04\3&61AAA01&0&08 : PCI to PCI Bridge15 matching device(s) found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Two NICs are showing up. Make sure you have the correct one connected. The first, I can tell just by looking at it:VEN_10EC&DEV_8169 is the Realtek RTL8169 gigabit controller.The second, VEN_8086&DEV_1038 is an Intel NIC. DriverPacks shows that the INF used for this device is e100b325.inf. However you probably shouldn't use the one from the XP DriverPacks (the one that I have downloaded) but use the Vista driver. To be safe, peimg both drivers into your WinPE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReasonIFail Posted November 11, 2008 Author Share Posted November 11, 2008 (edited) Yeah, something else is missing as I have Vista drivers for both the RTL8169 and Intel Pro/100 VM adapters and neither is working.The RTL8169 is a PCMICA card I popped in there to see if the problem was the onboard NIC. But I don't think so as I used WDS to push WinPE.So as it stands right now, I'm stumpped.Edit:I think I have a ThinkPad T23 that has the same Intel Pro/100 adapter, I'm going to try that in a few and see what happens. Edited November 11, 2008 by TheReasonIFail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazkal Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 After it boots up, and is sitting idle for a couple of mins (meaning it is done doing whatever).Run: wpeinit.exeSee if that helps. I've seen some systems that won't load the nic drivers or network stack with out a time wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreX Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 I'm working on a Compaq Evo N600c laptop and WinPE is having trouble detecting the NIC. The WinPE image has all the latest and greating Intel Pro NIC drivers so I'm wondering what else I should look into.Has anyone used WinPE on this laptop or NIC?When you say your WinPE image has the drivers, do you mean you added them with the "peimg" utility or just placed the files in the image? In order to really add the drivers, you need to mount your image with imagex and then issue the command "peimg /inf:"PATH_TO_YOUR_DRIVER\DRIVER_NAME.INF" "PATH_TO_YOUR_MOUNTED_IMAGE\Windows". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReasonIFail Posted November 19, 2008 Author Share Posted November 19, 2008 When you say your WinPE image has the drivers, do you mean you added them with the "peimg" utility or just placed the files in the image? In order to really add the drivers, you need to mount your image with imagex and then issue the command "peimg /inf:"PATH_TO_YOUR_DRIVER\DRIVER_NAME.INF" "PATH_TO_YOUR_MOUNTED_IMAGE\Windows"."PEIMG /INF:C:\DRIVERS\NIC\*.INF C:\PEMOUNT\WINDOW" is the way I do it!I have my creation of WinPE scripted via a batch file I created. I've never had any issues with drivers before.Also, i let WinPE sit and came back to it and I got a weird error message. I'll come back with the massage in a few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazkal Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Also, i let WinPE sit and came back to it and I got a weird error message. I'll come back with the massage in a few minutes.I'm really interested in the error you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReasonIFail Posted November 20, 2008 Author Share Posted November 20, 2008 I left it running last night and never got back to it, I'll get that message when I'm home again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now