Hi,
I'm having issues updating the NVM firmware on an Intel I226-V. The NIC is running NVM version 2.17 with the infamous "random disconnect" bug that is supposed to be fixed with NVM version 2.22 and up.
My system supplier gave me a version 2.23 binary together with eeupdatew64e.exe in version 5.38.10.00 (Pro Network Connections SDK v2.38.10).
However, whenever I try to flash the image file, the process takes very long and is not successful.
> eeupdatew64e /NIC=1 /D FXVL_125C_V_2MB_2.23.bin
Using: Intel (R) PRO Network Connections SDK v2.38.10
EEUPDATE v5.38.10.00
Copyright (C) 1995 - 2022 Intel Corporation
Intel (R) Confidential and not for general distribution.
NIC Bus Dev Fun Vendor-Device Branding string
=== === === === ============= =================================================
1 2 00 00 8086-125C Intel(R) Ethernet Controller I226-V
Writing SHARED FLASH. PLEASE DO NOT INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
Sometimes, I get a timeout after 5 hours; sometimes this goes on without any visible change for 12 hours until I manually terminate the process.
It seems that no data is actually written to the eeprom: after a reboot, I'm still with NVM version 2.17.
Anything that I missed? (tried cmd.exe, powershell.exe, both with administrative privileges, Win11 23H2)
Best regards,
Florian
