Solved: Driver installation for Intel i219-V Ethernet Controller on ASUS H170i Plus D3 motherboard

RSche6 · ‎11-12-2015

I'm having a major spin cycle installing drivers for the i219-V controller chip with Server 2012 R2. The correct driver appears to be Intel LAN Driver V20.2.3001.0 for Windows Win8.1 64bit.

ASUS doesn't "support" 2012 R2, so the ASUS installation application errors out as an unsupported operating system. The Intel application doesn't see the controller as an Intel product (I assume because it is new). The "Update Driver" function in WinServer device manager doesn't see the chip in the device database. Any suggestions?

AP16 · ‎11-13-2015

Have you tried https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23073/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-Server-2012-R2- https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23073/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-Server-2012-R2- ? In case of 'unsupported OS' message by installer, try to unpack the downloaded file using WinRAR or 7-Zip and install driver via Windows Device manager pointing to \PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS64\ folder.

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AP16 · ‎11-13-2015

Have you tried https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23073/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-Server-2012-R2- https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23073/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-Server-2012-R2- ? In case of 'unsupported OS' message by installer, try to unpack the downloaded file using WinRAR or 7-Zip and install driver via Windows Device manager pointing to \PRO1000\Winx64\NDIS64\ folder.

RSche6 · ‎11-13-2015

It worked! Thanks!