topic Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver? in Ethernet Products

Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:16:26 GMT

I'm trying to find the most current driver for my PRO/100 PT Dual server adapter for use with Windows Server 2008 R2. All of the support links that I've followed lead to PROVISTAX64.exe which is not compatible with my OS. I can find a previous release (14.7) of PROWIN7X64.exe, but no current one. Is the support site messed up or am I missing something here?

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:19:49 GMT

Hello,

Identify your product from the list and check if the corresponding driver works.

http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-012904.htm

All the best,

Kind Regards,

Aryan.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:35:01 GMT

That's exactly what I've been doing, Aryan. I scroll down to my product, D50868-xxx PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, click the link to "Latest Drivers" and that takes me to http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-006120.htm http://www.intel.com/support/network/sb/CS-006120.htm. From there I click the http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17910 PROWIN7X64.exe link and that takes me to http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17910 http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17910 which downloads PROVISTAX64.exe which doesn't work. I tried running PROVISTAX64.exe on 2008 R2 and I get a "not supported on this platform" message.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:06:50 GMT

Hello,

Check this link:

http://communities.intel.com/message/60946# 60946

The best thing to do is to check with Mark.

He is like our guru.

All the best,

Kind Regards,

Aryan.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:26:20 GMT

Mark's link in that message (http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?ProductID=2248&DwnldID=17910&agr=Y PROWIN7X64.exe) leads to that same PROVISTAX64.exe download. I think Intel's web team may need a kickstart or something.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:31:55 GMT

Hello again,

I know it is the same driver. I gave you the link as a reference.

So that you can ask for more information from Mark as he is the one who can give an answer.

All the best,

Kind Regards,

Aryan.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:19:23 GMT

Thanks for using Intel Ethernet products. I am also sorry it is so difficult to find the driver for the NIC you have in your system. I did some hunting around, and I believe you should be able to use the following SW release to load drivers for Server 2008 R2 for the PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server adapter:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17910&lang=eng http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=17910&lang=eng

Please post back to the forum and let me know if it works for you or not. The driver version is 9.13.16.0. If it does work I will ask that our driver release page for this NIC is updated.

Again, thank you for using Intel Ethernet products!

Cheers,

-- miles

PS: I think that Mark the guru is out on vacation right now.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:39:03 GMT

Thanks Miles, but even thought that looks like the correct download location, the file it leads to is PROVISTAX64.exe which, as the name implies, is a Vista driver, not a Win7/R2 one.

BTW, the reason I'm looking for a driver update is that the DNS service on my server fails to autostart at bootup with a "network is not present or not started" error. I've narrowed the cause down to NIC teaming, and was hoping the driver update might help.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

JUSTIN_W_Intel — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:32:38 GMT

The correct driver has been submitted and should be available in the next hour or so. Keep trying the link. The file should be: PROWIN7X64.exe

Sorry for the inconvenience.

-Justin Wright

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:53:09 GMT

The download page shows the correct file name now, but the link takes me to a message saying, "The file that you are trying to download has either been moved, renamed or archived." Quittin' time here, guess I'll try again tomorrow.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:07:54 GMT

Same thing again today at http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17910/a08/PROWIN7X64.exe http://downloadmirror.intel.com/17910/a08/PROWIN7X64.exe

"The file that you are trying to download has either been moved, renamed or archived."

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:19:23 GMT

I am having the same issue trying to update a brand new Intel Pro/1000 GR NIC for a new build. This file is nowhere to be found here or anywhere else. Intel has dropped the ball on this one.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:28:44 GMT

C'mon Intel. Bought this card today and looks like driver as stated in these posts not been posted correctly since Dec. 21st...good first impression I get for buying this card I suppose!!

In my shop if someone is asked to post something they test it before they release it....is that too much to ask for? I guess no one gives a sh*t...typical big organization.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 02:40:16 GMT

I sent an email to Intel tech support via the form on this site on Wednesday the 23rd. No joy there so far either.

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 07:47:59 GMT

I can confirm it STILL says the same message:

The file that you are trying to download has either been moved, renamed or archived.

Please go to http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ http://downloadcenter.intel.com and choose your product to find your download.

The original Win7 drivers are available, and can be downloaded at this time, just not the x64 drivers.

*kick*

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

JUSTIN_W_Intel — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:09:38 GMT

All,

Until our web interface gets fixed I've posted the PROWIN7x64.exe file to our FTP site. The file can be downloaded by clicking the link below:

ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/outgoing/PROWIN7X64.exe ftp://ftp.intel.com/pub/outgoing/PROWIN7X64.exe

When the issue with the file on Download Center gets fixed I will post an update here.

Thanks,

Justin Wright

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

JUSTIN_W_Intel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:25:02 GMT

All,

The Win7/2008R2 x64 driver file is now accessible.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/17910/a08/PROWIN7X64.exe&DwnldId=17910&lang=eng http://downloadcenter.intel.com/download.aspx?url=/17910/a08/PROWIN7X64.exe&DwnldId=17910&lang=eng

Thanks for your patients

Justin Wright

Re: Where is current Win7/2008R2 driver?

idata — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:28:35 GMT

Thanks Justin. The really good news is that the new driver seems to have resolved my DNS service startup problem.