Intel NIC driver(82557) causes Blue Screen during boot into Windows NT 4.0

Document ID: 98060035
Posted Date: 2000-05-16
Last Updated: 2000-04-10
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Issue

Intel NIC causes Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) during Windows NT Boot. The NIC card may also cause the BSOD during the installation and setup of Windows NT 4.0.

Procedure


Uninstall the native Intel 82557 NIC driver in network properties
 and install the Intel 82559 driver available on the Documents and
 Software CD for the M500 Server.

 COMMENTS:
 If the latest NIC driver is not provided during the Windows NT 4.0
 installation process (by selecting Have Disk...), Windows NT setup
 will load the driver for the Intel 82557 Chipset.The Windows NT 4.0
 native drivers for the Intel NIC is not compatible with the 82559
 Chipset.

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