Installation of driver Version 4.2.6.0 for X550-T2 nic card

[olegeezer]

Hello. I have tried to install intel Version 4.2.6.0 by using the intel Driver and Support Assistant.

Each time I try to install 4.2.6.0, it fails. 

When I attempt to manually locate and install 4.2.6.0, it takes me to Intel® Network Adapter Driver for Microsoft Windows 11* which is 29.5 download. I also have downloaded and installed the NVM.

I cannot find 4.2.6.0 in 29.5. 

I have tried using Device Manager to locate and install 4.2.6.0 but cannot locate it in any of the downloads.

Is there a place I can download the 4.2.6.0 driver?  Treexy wants me to buy their app before I can download 4.2.6.0 from them. 

Thanks, Matt

[IntelSupport]

Hi Matt,

Greetings for the day!

Thanks for contacting intel customer support, could you please provide me with the below information to check further on this case:

• Could you please confirm whether the NIC card came along with the board or purchased separately
• Please share the board manufacturer
• Please share the link from where you are trying to download the drivers for the NIC card

Regards

Jerome

Intel Customer Support Technician

[olegeezer]

Hello Jerome. I purchased the X550-T2 NIC from Intel Store on Amazon.  My motherboard is Asus Maximus XIII Hero.

I have tried to download and install using the Intel Driver And Support app on intel.  It goes thru the download and install but when it finishes, it says it failed.   I tried Treexy but am not sure of what they want me to download,

Thanks, Matt

[Ragulan_Intel]

Hello olegeezer,

Greetings!

Thanks for the feedback, have you tried to install the drivers that is provided by ASUS? If yes, does still fails?

Thank You & Best Regards,

Ragulan_Intel

[IntelSupport]

Hello olegeezer,

Greetings for the day!

Could you please confirm have you tried to install the drivers that is provided by ASUS? If yes, does still fails?

Regards,

Jerome

Intel Customer Support Technician

[olegeezer]

Hello Jerome. I have went back and installed the original Asus drivers but the Driver and Support Assist still fails to download and install the 4.2.6.0 driver version. 

[olegeezer]

Hello Jerome. Can the 4.2.9.0 driver version be used instead of 4.2.6.0 ?

[Yesu27]

Hello olegeezer,

Greetings!!

Sure, you can try the 4.2.9.0 driver version and let us know the outcome.

Regards,

Kuzhanthai Yesu R

Intel Customer Support Technician

[olegeezer]

Hello Jerome. I have located the 4.2.9.0 in the 30.0 package under PROXGB, Win64, WS2025.  I tried using device manager to get to the sxa files that contain 4.2.9.0 driver. But Device Manager only goes to WS2025 and does not allow me to access the sxa files. 

If I install drivers just from WS2025, it installs 4.2.6.0.  

How do I get it to install 4.2.9..0 from the sxa files in  WS2025 ?

I extracted all the sxa files to a separate folder and tried to install from that folder but Device Manager keeps saying the best driver is already installed instead of installing 4.2.9.0 .

Is there a way to install 4.2.9.0 I don't know about?

Thanks, Matt

[IntelSupport]

Hello olegeezer,

Greetings for the day!

Thanks for your response, we will check with our internal team and update you as soon as possible.

Regards

Jerome

Intel Customer Support Technician

[Fikri_Intel]

Hi olegeezer,

Good day to you.

Upon further investigation, we kindly request you check the following steps to help us to confirm the issue with the latest version of the driver:

1) Perform clean driver installation: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058304/ethernet-products.html

2) Download the driver from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/88209/intel-ethernet-converged-network-adapter-x550t2/downloads.html

or from the latest Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/15084/intel-ethernet-adapter-complete-driver-pack.html

3) Extract the file and go to the extracted folder\Release_30.0.1.zip\PROXGB\Winx64

4) Open the device manager, right-click the Network Adapter - Update Driver

5) Browse for the driver folder and install it.

6) Restart the system

Let us know once you have performed the action plan. Looking forward to your response.

Regards,

Fikri O.

[IntelSupport]

Hello olegeezer,

Greetings for the day!

We recommend you perform the below action plan:

1) Perform clean driver installation:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058304/ethernet-products.html

2) Download the driver from https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/88209/intel-ethernet-converged-network-adapter-x550t2/downloads.html

or from the latest Intel® Ethernet Adapter Complete Driver Pack https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/15084/intel-ethernet-adapter-complete-driver-pack.html

3) Extract the file and go to the extracted folder\Release_30.0.1.zip\PROXGB\Winx64

4) Open device manager, right click the Network Adapter - Update Driver

5) Browse for the driver folder and install it.

6) Restart the system

Regards

Jerome

Intel Customer Support Technician

[olegeezer]

Hello Jerome. I finally figured out how to extract and install 4.2.9.0 to my Asus Maximus XIII Hero with X550-T2 NIC.

I also learned how to use PowerShell to install 4.2.9.0 .  

This may be helpful for other people trying to install different drivers.  They first need to extract the .cat, .inf, and .sys files from the intel package and place into a folder.  Each sxa, iws, vxs type .inf file has different driver that can be opened in Notepad. They just copy and paste the the  .cat, .inf, and .sys to their folder.  

Then they can use these PowerShell commands to retrieve and install the drivers. They need to use their name that is in  C: , Users and place it in the command for PowerShell like

cd "C:\User\cabby\Downloads\inf4.2.9.0"

then use this command to install: 

 pnputil -i -a sxa.inf

Run PowerShell or Command Prompt as administrator.

Their driver may be in sxa, iws, vxs that they will have to enter in this command like vxs.inf or iws.inf.  

These two commands will get their driver installed using PowerShell or Command Prompt.  

If they cannot get the driver they want to install thru Device Manager or DSA, they can use PowerShell 

or Command Prompt as administrator to install it.  

Thanks, Matt

[Fikri_Intel]

Hi olegeezer,

Glad to hear that you managed to install the driver.

Let us know if the issue is resolved after installing the latest version via PowerShell.

Looking forward to your response.

Regards,

Fikri O.

[IntelSupport]

Hi olegeezer,

Greetings for the day!

Kindly let us know if the issue is resolved after installing the latest version via PowerShell.

Regards

Jerome

Intel Customer Support Technician

[ManoranjanDas]

Hello olegeezer, 

Greetings for the day! 

I hope this message finds you well. 

We are following up to check if the issue has been resolved after installing the latest version via PowerShell. Please confirm so we can continue assisting with the resolution. We look forward to your reply.

Best regards, 

Manoranjan. 

Intel Customer Support Technician