The Optiplex range isn't certified for Windows server OSes.

That said, just look up what kind of nic (brand and model) is on your system, and look for drivers for Windows 2003 for that kind of chip. You won't find them under the Optiplex downloads, but you might be able to try XP drivers. Otherwise go to website of the manufacturer of the chip (3Com, Broadcom, Intel, etc), and look on their site for the model number of your card/chip and the downloads for the Windows 2003 drivers there.

Try the INTEL PRO1000 version 9.2 Drivers AND the CHIPSET drivers version 6.3

Thnx that doesnt seem to help.  I still get "the specified location does not contain information about your hardware".

I dont have a 280 but I hear that some have Broadcom Drivers.

Adding Broadcom Gigabit drivers to RIS for Windows XP Images - Step by step procedure
(found on Dell Optiplex GX280)

Download the updated drivers v7.80 from Broadcom site,

http://www.broadcom.com/drivers/downloaddrivers.php

At the same level as the i386 folder of the RIS image, create a $oem$\$1\Drivers\Nic folder structure

Example: RemoteInstall\Setup\Eng\Images\Windows_XP_SP1\$oem$\$1\Drivers\Nic

Extract the win_xp_2k3_32-7.80.zip package to a temporary location, create a subfolder named updated_inf and copy the win_xp_2k3_32\b57win32.inf to that folder. Then open the win_xp_2k3_32\updated_inf\b57win32.inf file in Notepad

Change the following information in the updated_inf\b57win32.inf file.

[Manufacturer]
%BRCM% = Broadcom, NTx86.5.1
to
[Manufacturer]
%BRCM% = Broadcom

Remove the [Broadcom.NTx86.5.1] line

Do a search replace for b57w2k.sys and replace with b57xp32.sys

Copy the following file from win_xp_2k3_32 to i386 (Replace existing files)

b57xp32.sys

Copy the following file from win_xp_2k3_32\updated_inf to i386 (Replace existing files)

b57win32.inf

Copy the following files from win_xp_2k3_32 to $oem$\$1\ Drivers\Nic

b57xp32.sys
b57win32.inf
b57win32.cat

Add the following to the ristndrd.sif file

[Unattended]
OemPreinstall = yes
OemPnpDriversPath = \Drivers\Nic

Delete all .pnf-files from the i386 folder

Restart the Remote Installation (BINLSVC) Service

Test the client

Note: The first time this will take a while because Windows rebuilds all the PNF files

 

There should be an FCC number on the device. YOu can go to drivers.com and search for the manufacturer of the PCI card and then search for the drivers that way.

Message Edited by GUALHERO on 07-25-2005 12:26 PM