Installing Updated NetFlex 3 Drivers During Unattended Install

 Last reviewed: October 23, 1997
Article ID: Q174529
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.51 and 4.0
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.51 and 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The newest NetFlex 3 cards that ship with some Compaq computers are not detected during Windows NT setup. The drivers for these cards have the same name as the drivers for the old NetFlex 3 cards, and also work with the old NetFlex 3 cards. Replacing the old NetFlex 3 drivers with the new NetFlex 3 drivers in the I386\Drvlib.nic folder does not allow the new drivers to be loaded for the old cards.

CAUSE

The Netoemdh.inf that ships with Windows NT does not support these new cards or drivers.

RESOLUTION

Compaq has supplied a new Ntoemdh.inf that allows Windows NT to detect and load the drivers for these new cards, and allows the new drivers to be loaded for the older NetFlex 3 cards as well. Follow the steps below:

  1. Delete the existing Netoemdh.in_ file from the I386 folder of the distribution share.

  2. Copy the Netoemdh.inf file from the Compaq Software Support pages at http://www.compaq.com/support/files/Desktops/softpaqs/pages/NF3NTDS.html to the I386 folder of the distribution share. This file has been modified to support newer revisions of the NetFlex 3 chipset.

  3. Replace the files in the I386\Drvlib.nic\Netflex3 folder with the updated driver files from the Compaq Software Support pages at http://www.compaq.com/support/files/index.html, or with the drivers that shipped with the computer.

Note: The products discussed here are manufactured by Compaq Corporation, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the product's performance or reliability.

Additional query words: unattend.txt network installation oem deployment
Keywords : ntsetup NTSrvWkst kb3rdparty kbsetup
Version : WinNT:3.51,4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbprb

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Last reviewed: October 23, 1997
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