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February 6th, 2015 01:00
WIn7 x64 - corrupt network after PnP / OOBE - using WinPE 3.0 A15 CAB - x64 Boot.WIM
The cause for the issue is isolated:
Network driver in WinPE 3.0 A15.CAB - x64 - is “blocking” the network adapter after the next REBOOT
Do not use “E1D62x64.sys - v12.12.50.4”, part of “WinPE 3.0 A15 CAB” in x64 Boot.WIM
Same negative effect with different BIOS version (T5810 XL: A02 and A06 )
Issue was detected using SCCM 2007 and MDT 2012 upd 1
HW1 : T5810 - BIOS A02 failing
HW2 : T5810 - BIOS A06 failing
ISSUE
NO Network connection at first system start,
although the network driver is installed correctly and the OS is installed with WinPE 3 x64”
- No IPAddress
- Event-Viewer: “Network link is disconnected"
Currently isolated root cause
The “Intel Network driver” “E1D62x64.sys - v12.12.50.4” inside the “WinPE 3.0 A15 CAB”
Workarounds
1. When the OS is installed with WinPE A15 and you will get the network error then
Shutdown ( Power-Off ), Wait and RESTART
- Network is now available - MDT task sequence will continue
- but the SCCM TS will fail
Or – better :
2. Replace the WinPE A15 x64 network driver E1D62x64.sys - v12.12.50.4
with WinPE A14 x64 network driver E1D62x64.sys - v12.11.77.1
impeat
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March 30th, 2015 08:00
I've had exactly the same issue, but deploying using MDT/WDS.
When deploying to any recent Dell hardware, WinPE loads the Intel L217-LM NIC driver, E1d62x64.inf version 12.11.77.1, as provided by Dell in their most recent driver packs. After completing the task sequence in WinPE, the computer reboots, goes into OOBE mode and boots Windows 7.
Upon arriving in Windows 7, the L217-LM NIC is unable to connect to the network. This cannot be resolved by any reasonable means. It seems the fix is to wait for an indeterminate amount of time, perhaps 4-6 hours, for the link to become active. Until then, the deployment will not complete.
It turns out that the problem is related to that precise version of the driver, 12.11.77.1, which is what Dell provide. We can roll back to the previous version which Dell provides, however this version will fail to install on the most recent hardware (e.g. Latitude xx50 series).
The resolution for now has been to inject a newer driver for this NIC, version 12.12.80.19, which is available direct from Intel. Dell are aware of the issue, and are looking at updating their driver packs.
Hopefully Dell are aware of this and doing something about it...